Idris Bazorkin
Soviet writer and playwright (1910–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Idris Murtuzovich Bazorkin[lower-alpha 2] (15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1910 – 31 May 1993) was a Soviet writer, playwright, poet and statesman who mainly wrote his works in Russian but also in Ingush to a lesser degree. He had been recognized a classic of the Ingush literature [ru] during his lifetime.
Idris Bazorkin | |
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Native name | Байсаранаькъан Идрис |
Born | (1910-06-15)15 June 1910[lower-alpha 1] Bazorkino [ru], Nazran okrug, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire |
Died | 31 May 1993(1993-05-31) (aged 82) Grozny, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
Resting place | Egikal, Ingushetia, Russia |
Occupation | writer, playwright, poet |
Language | Russian (mostly), Ingush |
Alma mater | Pedagogical Institute of Vladikavkaz (1933) |
Period | (1928–1993) |
Genre | historical fiction, literary realism |
Years active | 1928–1993 |
Notable works | From the Darkness of Ages (1968) |
Notable awards | People's Writer of Checheno-Ingushetia (11.09.1990) Order of Friendship of Peoples (15.08.1991) |
Having graduated from the North Caucasus Pedagogical Institute in Vladikavkaz (1933), Idris worked as a teacher. In the following year Idris participated in the First Congress of Soviet Writers and was accepted into the newly formed Union of Soviet Writers. In 1944 Idris entered the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Deported to Kyrgyz SSR in 1944, Idris worked there as an administrator of the Frunze Opera and Ballet Theater [ru]. In 1957 Idris led a national movement of the Chechen and Ingush peoples. After the Grozny rally of 1973 [ru], one of whose leaders was Idris, accused of nationalism, was expelled from the Communist Party, his books were removed from libraries, and his name was deleted from textbooks and anthologies. During the East Prigorodny conflict of 1992, Idris was taken hostage by North Ossetian gangs, and his personal property was exported and never returned. In November 1992, immediately after the end of the armed phase of the conflict, Idris was taken to Ingushetia. He died in Grozny on 31 May 1993 and was buried in the family village of Egikal in Ingushetia.
Idris was acquaintanced for the first time with literature by writing poetry for the handwritten magazine Red Sprouts during his studies at the preparatory department of the Ingush Pedagogical College in Vladikavkaz in 1924. From 1928, his works began publishing. Bazorkin was a pioneer in many genres in the Ingush literature: he wrote the first multi-act play At Dawn (На заре; 1934), modern literary fairy tale Kuni (Куни; 1957), an adventure story Call (Призыв; 1958), a film script Labor and Roses (Труды и розы; 1963) and a historical novel/an epic novel[lower-alpha 3] From the Darkness of Ages [ru] (Из тьмы веков; 1968), his magnum opus, which became not only his main book, but also the main book of the entire Ingush literature. Although there were already novels in Ingush literature, Idris, however, gave this genre a large-scale epic character with From the Darkness of Ages.