Every nation has a person they are proud of. One of these people 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 people's poet of Bashkortostan.
Nazar Najmi's life story
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 end of the war, he returned to the institute and graduated in 1946.
After graduation, he worked in various Bashkir newspapers. Having already become quite famous, he became the chairman of the board of the Union of Writers of Bashkortostan. The writer was very active in socially useful work: he was repeatedly elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Bashkir ASSR, was a delegate to many congresses of writers of the Russian Federation and the USSR. The poems of Nazar Najmi are so popular thatmany famous composers wrote music on these words, and thus wonderful songs were obtained, which are very loved by the listeners.
Even 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 awards of Nazar Najmi
As a fairly 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 entire war. Here is a list of awards that are noted in the official biography of Nazar Najmi:
- Gorky State Prize of the USSR received in 1982 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 1945, immediately after the war, and in honor of the fortieth anniversary of victory in 1985.
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor.
- Order of the Red Star received in February 1945 for valor and heroism.
- The Order of Honor of the Russian Federation received shortly before the death of the poet.
- People's poet of Bashkortostan.
Award alsocan be considered a mention of the biography of Nazar Najmi in the book "History of Bashkir Literature".
The style of Nazar Najmi's works
During his long life, Nazar Najmi wrote a large number of works that cannot leave the reader indifferent. As they say in Bashkortostan itself:
His creativity is an eternally known mystery.
The poet's poems captivate the reader with their sincerity, depth of thought, sincerity, musicality. As already mentioned above, many of his works have been set to music and are very popular. The talent of Nazar Najmi is most clearly 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 in order to show the reader all the originality of the life of the Bashkir people.
Most of the poems have been translated into Russian and are very fond of readers, while the rest, which 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 poems into the Bashkir language, making Russian culture a little closer for the Bashkir reader. During the life of the poet, a three-volume collection of his works in the Bashkir language was published, 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 knowmany famous writers who played a big role in preserving the culture of their peoples. Their distinctive feature is that they write in their native language. Writers like this:
- Nazar Najmi.
- Rasul Gamzatov.
- Ahmedkhan Abu Bakar.
There are many more writers who come from small nations, you can't list them all. However, these three have played the biggest role in the preservation of folk culture. Let's stop at Nazar Najmi. He is a cultural hero of his people, in the book "History of Bashkir Literature" the main role is devoted to Nazar. In the same place, the full official biography of Nazar Najmi was written in the Bashkir language. This only shows the attitude of the Bashkirs themselves towards the poet. And in this article we have 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 in depth in order to feel all their beauty.
