Kuba Shaaban ( ady, Кубэ Щабан, translit=Kubə Şaban; ar, كوبا شعبان; russian: links=no, Кубов Шабан; b. 15 January 1890 – 20 January 1974), was a
Circassian writer, historian, and playwright, famous for his advocacy of the Circassian culture. He produced works in almost every
literary
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form, including plays,
poetry, novels, essays, and historical works.
Shaaban spent his life traveling between different countries with Circassian diaspora, including Germany,
Turkey,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,
Jordan, France, and finally the
United States gathering different types of the Circassian heritage. He succeeded in changing the writing alphabet of the Circassian language from
Cyrillic script to
Latin script among the Circassian diaspora.
Shaaban wrote many plays such as ''The Circassians Battles'' and ''The Immigration of the Circassians'', and many books such as ''The Grammar of the Circassian Language'' and ''Circassian Alphabet''.
The ministry of culture in the
Republic of Adygea held a memorial day dedicated to Shaaban in December 2010 for his 120-year anniversary.
[http://www.natpress.net/index.php?newsid=457 Via Natpress (Russian Language)]
References
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1890 births
1974 deaths
People from Shovgenovsky District
People from Kuban Oblast
Circassian people of Russia