Dimitri Isayev (writer)

Dimitri Vladimirovich Isayev (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Исаев; 6 June 1905 – 18 April 1930) was a Chuvash writer and literary critic. He was a prolific writer of short stories about the lives of young people in the years just after the Russian Revolution. He mainly wrote in the Chuvash language, and was keen to develop a proletarian Chuvash literature.

Dimitri Vladimirovich Isayev
Дмитрий Владимирович Исаев
Дмитрий Владимирович Исаев–Аврель
Born(1905-06-06)6 June 1905
Kovali, Urmarsky District, Chuvashia
Died18 April 1930(1930-04-18) (aged 24)
Samara, Russia
NationalityChuvash, Russian
Other namesАвраль Метри
OccupationWriter, critic

Life

Dimitri Vladimirovich Isayev was born on 6 June 1905 in Kovali, Urmarsky District in Chuvashia. He came from a poor peasant family.[1] He completed basic school, then studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow. He was head of the Komsomol city committee of Cheboksary, the capital city of the Chuvash Republic and a port on the Volga River.[2] He taught social studies at the Central Chuvash Teachers College in Samara, further down the Volga.[3]

Isayev became famous as an author.[4] His first lyric poem was "Юратрăм" (Loved), published by the magazine Songtao ("Anvil") in 1925. Following this he produced many short stories, essays and travel notes.[5] This work included "Рабфак хĕрĕ" (Rabfakovka), "Отряд" (Detachment), "Çулăмри ял" (Village in flames), "Хура тинĕс хумĕ" (Wave of the Black Sea), "Лисук чăптаçă" (Rogozhnitsa Lizuk), "Люпук çырăвĕ" (Lyubuk Letter) and "Вăраннисем" (woken up).[6] His stories portray the turbulent lives of young people in the years just after the Russian Revolution of 1917. He describes their eagerness to develop a good life on the land, their love of the homeland and their work in transforming the villages and towns.[3]

Isayev also wrote several articles of literary criticism.[6] He was in favor of developing a proletarian Chuvasian literature.[5] Isayev was one of the founders of the literary almanac for Chuvash Soviet writers of the Middle Volga Păr tapransan ("Things are moving"), later called Vătam Atăl ("Middle Volga").[7] He worked for the newspapers Canas ("Council") and Çamrăk hreschen ("Young Communist"), and the magazine Songtao ("Anvil").[7] In 1929–30 he worked on the Collective Farmer newspaper in Samara. He died on 18 April 1930 in Samara.[2]

Works

Isayev was the author of the books:

  • Proletarians literaturishĕn / For proletarian literature (1930)
  • Hĕrlĕ hunavsem / Red shoots,
  • Çĕnelnĕ yăh / New Generation (1930)
  • Pirěn ăru / Our generation (printed in 1947, 1981)

He was the author of several articles of literary criticism, including:

  • Young writers and Komsomol
  • On poets and poetry
  • On the national culture
  • Learn from the Russian classics
  • Literary creativity Peoples of the USSR

Writings about Isayev
  • В. Долгов-Кавалинский (2005). "Долгов-Кавалинский В. Самана юрăçи". Хыпар (in Russian): 28.
  • С. Ялавин (1931). "Ялавин С. Исаев Мěтри (Авраль)". Трактор (in Russian): 128–145.
  • Афанасьев П. Писатели Чувашии (2006). "Исаев-Авраль Дмитрий Владимирович". П. Афанасьев – Чебоксары (in Russian): 178–179.
  • Юрьев М.И. Писатели Советской Чувашии (1988). "Дмитрий Исаев-Авраль (Исаев Дмитрий Владимирович)". М.И. Юрьев, З.В. Романова. - Чебоксары (in Russian): 142.
  • М. Юрьев (6 June 1965). "Юрьев М. Образец служения народу". Советская Чувашия (Sovetskaya Chuvashia) (in Russian).
  • М. Юрьев (25 December 1975). "Юрьев М. Слово о первом редакторе". Молодой коммунист (Young Communist) (in Russian).

References
    1. Юрьев 1975, p. 158.
    2. Исаев-Авраль Метри Дмитрий Владимирович — Биография.
    3. ИСАЕВ – АВРАЛЬ ... Муниципальное бюджетное учреждение культуры.
    4. Эзенкин 1992, p. 48.
    5. Тимуков 2014.
    6. Талантливый прозаик и критик, National Library.
    7. Dimitri Vladimirovich Isayev-Aurelius, National Library.

    Sources
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