Effendi KapiyevEffendi Kapiyev

Mikhail NokhovMikhail Nokhov

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Effendi Kapiyev Effendi Kapiyev was born on was born on March, 13, 1909 in March, 13, 1909 in a high a high mountainous Lak mountainous Lak village of Kumukh. village of Kumukh. He left nine year He left nine year school in 1928 in school in 1928 in Buinaksk and Buinaksk and worked as a worked as a teacherteacher of the of the Russian language Russian language in the kumik in the kumik village of Aksai. village of Aksai.

At the beginning of At the beginning of his literary career he his literary career he was mostly as a was mostly as a collector and collector and translator of the oral translator of the oral folk lore of the folk lore of the peoples of Dagestan, peoples of Dagestan, and of young and of young Dagestan poetry and Dagestan poetry and prose. In 1931 he was prose. In 1931 he was elected an executive elected an executive secretary of the secretary of the writers organization writers organization in Dagestan and in in Dagestan and in the year of 1934 he the year of 1934 he became the member became the member of the Writers Council of the Writers Council of the USSR. of the USSR.

He was the first to He was the first to translate into Russian translate into Russian many works of many works of mountainous mountainous lyrics and lyrics and epic literature, compiled epic literature, compiled and edited some and edited some translated into Russian translated into Russian almanacs: Poets of almanacs: Poets of Dagestan (1932); Dagestan (1932); Anthology of Dagestan Anthology of Dagestan Literature (1934); Literature (1934); “Poetry of the “Poetry of the Mountaineers of the Mountaineers of the Caucasus” (1934); “Poets Caucasus” (1934); “Poets of the Soviet Dagestan” of the Soviet Dagestan” (1936); Dagestan (1936); Dagestan almanac (1937), “the almanac (1937), “the Highlanders’ Songs” Highlanders’ Songs” (1939), and other(1939), and other. .

In Spring 1934 In Spring 1934 Effendi Kapiev got Effendi Kapiev got acquainted with acquainted with the famous Lezghi the famous Lezghi poet Suleiman poet Suleiman Stalsky and for Stalsky and for many years until many years until S. Stalsky’s death S. Stalsky’s death in 1937 was his in 1937 was his assistant in poetic assistant in poetic activity, translated activity, translated his verses, poems, his verses, poems, songs and songs and published his published his creative works. creative works.

In 1935 E. Kapiev moved to Pyatigorsk where In 1935 E. Kapiev moved to Pyatigorsk where he worked in the regional newspaper ”Young he worked in the regional newspaper ”Young Leninist”. In 1940 a book of his poems “Stone Leninist”. In 1940 a book of his poems “Stone Carving”, based on the mountainous folklore Carving”, based on the mountainous folklore was published in Moscow. That same year he was published in Moscow. That same year he finished his work on the book “A Poet” about finished his work on the book “A Poet” about Suleiman Stalsky which he had been working Suleiman Stalsky which he had been working on for many years, and which was published in on for many years, and which was published in 1941 in the journal “The Young Guard”, and 1941 in the journal “The Young Guard”, and later was republished several times. During the later was republished several times. During the Great Patriotic war he worked as a Great Patriotic war he worked as a propagandist and agitator. At the end of 1941 propagandist and agitator. At the end of 1941 he was sent to the front linehe was sent to the front line of the Southern of the Southern front. After he returned he published the book front. After he returned he published the book of stories and essays “The Kazaks on the of stories and essays “The Kazaks on the Front”, which was written together with S. Front”, which was written together with S. Babayevsky. Babayevsky.

In the Fall of 1942 he In the Fall of 1942 he served as a served as a correspondent of the correspondent of the newspaper of the newspaper of the Northern Caucasian Northern Caucasian Front “Forward for the Front “Forward for the Motherland’. The essays Motherland’. The essays which were published in which were published in the newspaper were the newspaper were later collected into one later collected into one collection “Essays from collection “Essays from the Front”. Serving as a the Front”. Serving as a military correspondent military correspondent he made his writer’s he made his writer’s notes every day which notes every day which were published after were published after his death in the book his death in the book ‘Sketches from the ‘Sketches from the Front” in Moscow in Front” in Moscow in 1956.1956.

In 1943 he was put In 1943 he was put sent to the hospital sent to the hospital to be cured and on to be cured and on January, 27, 1944 January, 27, 1944 he died in the he died in the hospital in hospital in Pyatigorsk. His Pyatigorsk. His books were books were translated and translated and published in the published in the languages of the languages of the former fraternal former fraternal republics of the republics of the USSSR and nations USSSR and nations of Dagestan. of Dagestan.

His name was given to the Lak Theater which is His name was given to the Lak Theater which is in the central Part of Makhachkala.in the central Part of Makhachkala.