Grigory Ilyich Elmeev (1906-1941) - Soviet Mordvinian Moksha poet. One of the prominent representatives of Mordovian literature [1] [2] .
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 family
- 3 Works
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Biography
Grigory Elmeev was born on November 26, 1906 in the village of Suzgar (now Ruzayevsky district of Mordovia ) into a peasant family. By nationality, Mordvin is Moksha . He graduated from a rural school. Since 1933 he attended teacher training courses in Saransk [2] . After graduation, he returned to his native village, worked as a primary school teacher [3] . After the start of World War II, he went to the front. He died in September 1941 [2] [4] .
The literary activity of Elmeev falls on the 1930s [2] . First published his poems in 1933 in the journal Kolkhoz Eryaf (Collective Farm Life) under the heading Beginner Poet. It was also published in the newspaper Mokshen Pravda and others in Moksha periodicals [3] . Elmeev becomes a follower of the Moksha poet M.I. Bezborodov . Creates a cycle of poems about children, vividly describes the Mordovian nature [5] . In the poems-fairy tales "The Hedgehog" and "Maza-Taza" written in 1940, the motives of Russian folklore are widely used [2] . The most significant work of Elmeev is considered the poem "Field", printed in the autumn of 1940. This work tells the story of the life of a Mordovian woman, Paul, the daughter of a shepherd who actively fought for the establishment of Soviet power and became a political leader [5] . The poem "Field" also traces the rhythmic and compositional style characteristic of folk songs [2] .
Family
Wife - Domna Grigoryevna Elmeeva [6] ;
- daughter - Zinaida Grigoryevna Knyazkova (born 1939), an embroiderer.
Compositions
- Hedgehog. - Saransk, 1958.
Notes
- ↑ Mordovian literature // Brief literary encyclopedia . T. 4. - 1967
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Elmeev Grigory Ilyich // “ Mordovia ” T. 1: A — M. - 2003. - 570, [5] p.: Ill., Music, cards. ISBN 5-7595-1543-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 I. Gliznutsina. War took away talents . The Window (January 28, 2015). Date of treatment January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Elmeev Grigory Ilyich . sudbasoldata.ru. Date of treatment January 21, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 History of Mordovian Soviet literature: in two volumes. Mordovian Book Publishing House, 1968
- ↑ Information from documents specifying losses in the electronic bank of documents of OBD “Memorial” .
Literature
- Mordovian writers - for children: (Index of literature) / comp. M.M. Mudrova. - Saransk. Mordovian book Publishing House, 1987.