Suleiman Stalsky (, ; 18 May 1869 – 23 November 1937) was a
Lezgin poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
from
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
. Russian writer
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
described him as "
Homer
Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...
of 20th century".
Legacy
Suleyman-Stalsky District
Suleyman-Stalsky District (russian: Сулейма́н-Ста́льский райо́н; lez, СтӀал Сулейманан район) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of ...
, where his native village Ashaga-Stal is located, was renamed in his honor on the 100th anniversary of his birthday.
References
External links
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"Suleyman Stalsky House Museum restored in Dagestan"
1869 births
1937 deaths
People from Suleyman-Stalsky District
People from Dagestan Oblast
Poets from Dagestan
Russian people of Lezgian descent
Russian male poets
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