Alexander Artemiev (Chuvash and Russian: Артемьев Александр Спиридонович; 14 Sept 1924 – 5 August 1998.), was a Chuvash poet, prose writer, translator and critic.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Well-known works
• 3 Literature
• 4 References
• 5 Links

Biography

Artemiev attended secondary school in the Shtanashi village of Chuvashia. He enlisted in the Red Army as a private, and then became a junior commander during the Eastern Front of World War II, as well as for the later Soviet-*anese War. He was wounded three times during his service, and was awarded many medals.

After demobilization, he worked managing a log hut-reading room in his native village, becoming responsible secretary of magazines "Yalav"(Ялав) and "Tavan Atal". He also participated in distance learning from the Maxim Gorky Literature Ins*ute, studying and publishing poetry. Among his most popular works are: «Ах, пӗлесчӗ» (Ah to know), «Ҫуралнӑ ҫӗршыв» (the Darling party), and «Салампи юрри» (Salampi's song). Alexander Artemyev also translated some of Alexander Pushkin's, Mikhail Lermontov's and Ivan Turgenev's works into the Chuvash language.

Well-known works

• «Суйласа илнисем», икӗ томлӑ, (Selected works, in 2 volumes) 1986);
• «Юлашки юрӑ» (Final song) (1981);
• «Салампи» - Salampee(1956, 1960, 1966, 1983);

Literature

• Efimov L. I., "Элӗк Енӗ" (Alikovo District), Alikovo, 1994.
• "Аликовская энциклопедия", editing: Efimov L. I., Efimov E. L., Anan'ev A. A., Terernt'ev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, ISBN:978-5-7670-1630-3.
• «Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ», editing: Gordeev D. V., Silem J. A. Cheboksary, 2003. ISBN:5-7670-1279-2 .
• «Литературы народов России: XX в.» Н. С. Надъярных, Moscow Наука, 2005

References

Links

• Культурное наследие Чувашии
• Александр Артемьева асăнса