В сборник стихов лауреата Ленинской и Государственной премий, Героя Социалистического Труда, народного поэта Дагестана Расула Гамзатова включены произведения, давно полюбившиеся читателю - это книги его стихов "Песни гор" и "Письмена".
Rasul Gamzatov (Avar: Расул ХIамзатов) was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language. Among his poems was "Zhuravli", which became a well-known Russian song.
He was born on September 8, 1923, in the Avar village of Tsada in the north-east Caucasus. His father, Gamzat Tsadasa, was a well-known bard, heir to the ancient tradition of minstrelsy still thriving in the mountains.
Gamzatov was awarded the prestigious State Stalin Prize in 1952, The Lenin Prize in 1963 and Laureate Of The International Botev Prize in 1981.
Collected poems of the great Dagestani poet Rasul Gamzatova in an older edition, yet I cannot find a newer one in either Russian nor English. Gamzatov's work is essential to Dagestani literature, no doubt, but runs a bit dry to my tastes in places. This older edition both empowers that feeling of dealing with something dated or historical and also makes the experience of reading it feel grand and special. Certainly an anthology of Gamzatov is essential for anyone interested in Dagesani literature though.