Razil Valeev is a well-known public figure, politician, poet, writer and playwright. He is a laureate of international and national prizes, advocate and supporter of the study of the native language. Valeev made a great contribution to the development of art of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Writer childhood
Valeev Razil Ismagilovich was born in 1947 in the village of Tashlyk in Tatarstan. He graduated from primary school in Tashlyk, and received secondary education in the village of Shingalchi and in the Nizhnekamsk comprehensive school.
Valeev’s family was large. Razil, as the eldest child, performed all male duties in the house. From childhood, he could chop wood, grind flour, and on vacation work as an assistant at a local combine operator.
Even at school age, Razil began to compose his first poems and small essays, his children's works were published in a local newspaper. He attended a literary circle and read a lot.
Adolescence
After leaving school, Valeev entered the university at the Faculty of Journalism in Kazan, and then at the Moscow Institute. Gorky. As a student, a young writer was interested in famous writers and critics for his work. His early poetry was saturated with patriotism, but at the same time there was subtle lyrics and deep philosophy. Poems were published in student collections, and the young man took part in poetry collections and readings.
Studying at the Gorky Institute was difficult and happy for Razil Valeev. At this time, he had a family, a child was born. Living on a scholarship was quite difficult, and Razil began to earn extra money on night shifts.
Early work
The Soviet poet and songwriter Lev Oshanin drew attention to the work of the young poet . Long conversations with a famous person brought fresh notes to Valeev’s literary gift - he began to compose songs.
At the same time, the author began to try in a genre such as drama. Razil’s plays left a noticeable mark on the theatrical culture of Tatarstan. They raised the problematic issues of modern society, they are easy to put on stage and interesting to watch.
At the end of his studies, Razil Valeev returned to Kazan and began to work as a literary employee of the journal “Yalkyn” (“Flame”). It was a time working with children's literature. He has released several books for young children, engaged in translations into Tatar of the tales of world classics.
The author is well known in the field of prose. Famous work “I want to live!” was translated into several languages and published in Moscow. In 1982, the story was awarded the Prize of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic named after Musa Jalil - a Tatar poet, a hero of the Soviet Union.
Social work
Razil Valeev combines his fruitful creative activity with public. For several years he was secretary of the Writers Union in Naberezhnye Chelny. During his work, Tatar writers began to be published in the press, he organized literary meetings and disputes. Later, Valeev was elected to the board of the Union of Writers of the USSR and deputies of the city council.
During the war in Afghanistan, Razil Ismagilovich spent several months there. He supported fellow countrymen, wrote a lot about them, published his essays in the press.
After Afghanistan, Valeev returned to his homeland and took the post of director of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 2005 he defended his thesis.
Nowadays, Razil Ismagilovich Valeev works on the Presidium of the State Council and is the chairman of the Committee on Culture.
Valeev is known not only in Tatarstan. His name is known far beyond the borders of his homeland, he speaks at international symposia around the world. In 1993, Razil Valeev became a Man of the 20th century according to the Biographical Institute in the United States.
The President of the Republic of Tatarstan considers the writer and people's deputy Valeev a principled person, a fan of his people, for the preservation of the Tatar language and culture.