Mishi Bakhshiev (russian: Бахшиев Миши Юсупович, translit=; he, מישה בקשייב; born October 10, 1910 – 1972) was a Soviet writer and poet of
Mountain Jew
Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...
origin. He wrote in languages of the Mountain Jews (
Juhuri
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (''cuhuri'', , ) is the traditional language of the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan and Dagestan, now mainly spoken in Israel.
The language is a dialect of Persian which belongs to the ...
) and Russian.
[Bakhshiev Mishi Yusupovich – Great Soviet Encyclopedia]
Biography
Bakhshiev was born in 1910, in the Southern Russian city of
Derbent
Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It i ...
.
In 1928 he was sent to study in
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...
, and then to Moscow.
, he was a war correspondent. He held various
".
In 1932, Bakhshiev wrote his first story "Towards a New Life." In 1933–1940 he wrote several collections of poems ("
:''Э пушорехьи тозе зиндегуни'') – "Towards a New Life", (Juhuri:''Vetegechiho'') – "Fishermen" and dramas (Juhuri:''Бесгуни игидхо'') – "Victory of the Hero", (Juhuri:''Хори'') – "Earth", as well as the musical comedy (Juhuri:''Шох угли, шох Аббас ва-хомбол Хасан'') – "Shah's son, Shah Abbas and the loader Hasan".