Every nation has a person whom it is proud of. One such person is Nazar Najmi. He lived a long life and brought great benefits to his people. In this article we will consider the biography and awards of Nazar Najmi - the national poet of Bashkortostan.
The Life Story of Nazar Najmi
The future poet and master of words was born on February 5, 1918 in the village of Minishty, Ufa province. He graduated from a seven-year school in the village, after which he entered the working faculty in Ufa. In 1938 he entered the institute at the faculty of language and literature. However, his studies were interrupted by the Great Patriotic War. Nazar went to the front. After the war he returned to college and in 1946 graduated from it.
After graduation, he worked in various Bashkir newspapers. Having already become quite famous, he became chairman of the board of the Writers' Union of Bashkortostan. The writer conducted a very active socially useful work: he was repeatedly elected a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, was a delegate to many congresses of writers of the Russian Federation and the USSR. Poems by Nazar Najmi are so popular that many well-known composers wrote music to these words, and thereby produced wonderful songs that are very loved by the audience.
During his lifetime, he was recognized as a poet who entered the golden treasury of Bashkir poetry. One of the most famous Bashkir poets died on September 6, 1999 in the city of Ufa. The last will of Nazar was the desire to be buried in his homeland. The will was fulfilled. The poet is buried before entering his native village.
Awards and Prizes Nazar Najmi
As a well-known poet, Nazar Najmi has a large number of awards and prizes. Some of his awards have a military past, since the poet is a front-line soldier, he went through the whole war. Here is a list of the awards that have been noted in the official biography of Nazar Najmi:
- The Gorky USSR State Prize was received in nineteen eighty-second year for writing books, poems and poems.
- Bashkir Republican Prize named after Salavat Yulaev.
- Order of the October Revolution.
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree. The poet was mistakenly awarded this order twice, in the nineteen forty-fifth year, immediately after the war, and in honor of the fortieth anniversary of the victory in the nineteen eighty-fifth year.
- Two orders of the Red Banner of Labor.
- The Order of the Red Star was received in February 1945 for valor and heroism.
- The Order of Honor of the Russian Federation was received shortly before the death of the poet.
- People's poet of Bashkortostan.
A mention of the biography of Nazar Najmi in the book "History of Bashkir Literature" can also be considered an award.
The style of the works of Nazar Najmi
Over his long life, Nazar Najmi has written a large number of works that cannot leave the reader indifferent. As they say in Bashkortostan itself:
His work is an eternally knowable secret.
Poems of the poet bribe the reader with his soulfulness, depth of thought, sincerity, musicality. As already mentioned above, many of his works are put to music and are very popular. The most striking talent of Nazar Najmi is seen in his poems. He is the author of sixteen poems. Moreover, almost all of them are unique, the poet tried to take motives from the life of the Bashkirs to show the reader the whole originality of the life of the Bashkir people.
Most of the poems have been translated into Russian and very loved by readers, while the rest, who have not yet reached the Russian reader, are still waiting in line to become loved by the public. The poet himself, in turn, did not remain in debt and translated many Russian verses into the Bashkir language, making Russian culture a little closer to the Bashkir reader. During the life of the poet, a three-volume collection of his works in the Bashkir language was released, which also speaks of his great popularity and people's love for his works.
Conclusion
People often underestimate the importance of regional writers. They preserve the culture of small nations. We know many famous writers who played a big role in preserving the culture of their peoples. Their distinguishing feature is that they write in their own language. Such writers:
- Nazar Najmi.
- Rasul Gamzatov.
- Ahmedkhan Abu Bakar.
There are still many writers - immigrants from small nations, you will not list all. However, these three played the biggest role in preserving folk culture. Let us dwell on Nazar Najmi. He is a cultural hero of his people, in the book "History of Bashkir Literature" Nazar devoted the main role. The full official biography of Nazar Najmi in the Bashkir language is also written there. This only shows the attitude of the Bashkirs themselves to the poet. And in this article we presented a brief biography of Nazar Najmi, but only in Russian, we can hope that after reading the article you will want to study his works more deeply in order to feel all their beauty.