Life and work of Mustai Karim

1. Biography of the writer

People's poet of Bashkortostan Mustai Karim (Mustafa Safich Karimov) was born on October 20, 1919 in the village of Klyashevo, Chishminsky district, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, into a peasant family.

The childhood of the future poet was a turbulent time. It left its mark on the entire life of the village, breaking previous ideas about it. The first social event that the future writer witnessed was collectivization. “It burst into the life of the village unexpectedly and swiftly, like a spring flood... The excited people, often torn apart by spiritual contradictions, understood not with their minds, but rather with their hearts, that changes in the way of life of the village community were inevitable... Therefore, faith in the future prevailed among the majority over doubt, and the village as a whole in those days lived with a rapid pulse, in increased tone. Even old women cut off silver coins of royal minting from their camisoles and breast ornaments and, without regret, brought heaps of silver to the village council “as a deposit for a tractor.” stirring up everything and everyone in the village, they were refracted in their own way in the children’s consciousness. Twelve souls of children were born in the family of Safa Karimov. But what made him, Mustafa, a poet? They say that he grew up as a trusting and vulnerable child. legends, fairy tales. The Elder Mother knew a great many of them. He traveled at night with his peers, absorbed the stories heard around the fire. His early poems about his cheerful childhood are published in the newspaper "Young Builder". Labor activity Mustafa Karimov began while still studying at the Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute. In 1938-1939 he worked for the Pioneer magazine, and in 1939-1941 he was a consultant to the Writers' Union of Bashkiria.

In 1941, he graduated from the Faculty of Language and Literature of the Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute. After graduating from the institute, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Murom School of Communications. In May 1942, with the rank of junior lieutenant, he was sent to the 17th motorized rifle brigade as the chief of communications for the artillery division. In August 1942, he was seriously wounded and spent about six months in hospitals. After recovery, he returned to the front line as a correspondent for the front-line newspapers “For the Honor of the Motherland” of the Voronezh Front and “Soviet Warrior” of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. He ended the war in Vienna. He later wrote a lot about this war and talked about it with young people.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War Mustai Karim devoted himself entirely to creative and social activities. He took an active part in the work of the Union of Writers of the USSR and the Union of Writers of Bashkortostan.

In 1951-1962 he was the chairman of the board of the Union of Writers of the BASSR, in 1962-1984 - secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR. Creative Mustai's activities Karima began in the mid-30s of the last century. He is the author of more than a hundred poetry and prose collections, over ten dramatic works. He is rightfully considered a classic of Bashkir literature.

Mustai Karim died at the age of 86 on September 21, 2005. He was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Ufa.

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1.What were the names of Mustai Karim’s parents? Father - Safa Kadyrovich, natural mother (father's second wife) Vazifa Khafizovna, eldest mother (step-law, father's first wife) Minleyamal.

2.Who called Mustai Karim a miller?

Perhaps he called himself that.

3. In what year and where did the poet meet Zaki Validi?

M. Karim: “I met the last of the adventurers who dreamed of a throne in a separate Bashkir Khanate seventeen years ago in Istanbul. His name was Zaki Validi.
“The path that became destiny” (Almanac of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments “Monuments of the Fatherland” - 2/1982). Meeting in Istanbul, 1965

4.Who was the spiritual mentor of Mustai Karim?

Karim calls Gabdulla Tukay, his teacher Kadyr Dayan, his first mentor. The poet also says that the last twenty years of his work are associated with the name of A.T. Tvardovsky, his assessment of works. Karim also said that his spiritual mentor is all the people around him. Throughout his life, his elder mother Minleyamal was also his spiritual mentor.
5.For what works was the poet awarded the USSR State Prize and the Lenin Prize?

The USSR State Prize in 1972 was awarded for the book of poems “After Years.” The Lenin Prize in 1984 was awarded for the tragedy "Don't Throw Fire, Prometheus!" and the story “A Long, Long Childhood.”
6.What was the name of the first collection of poems by Mustai Karim and in what year was it published?

1938 - the first collection of poems “The detachment has set off.”
7.Who in the story “A Long, Long Childhood” had a magic pocket in his camisole? What could you find there?

Quote from the story: “I... can barely reach the pocket of her (Elder Mother) white camisole. This is a magic pocket. A piece of sugar, a handful of raisins, gingerbread crumbs, dried bird cherry, baked peas - various tasty things appear in it every now and then. Sometimes the copper money will jingle (and we already know the power of money!). In a word, this pocket is an inexhaustible treasure... And now: as soon as I put my hand in, two large apricots rolled into a handful... Maybe from this day on, my pocket will become magical for them. “In generous hands, goodness floats on its own,” says the Elder Mother.
8.What did the Elder Mother call the main character of the story “A Long, Long Childhood,” and what did this word mean? She called him “Sinnai,” which means “valuable.”
9. Where was the film based on Mustai Karim’s story “Long, Long Childhood” filmed?

The film based on Mustai Karim's story "Long, Long Childhood" was shot in 2005. Dir. Bulat Yusupov.

The main shooting of the film took place in the village of Baish, Baymak district. The filming period lasted more than two years.

10. List the works of Mustai Karim written for children.

“The Joy of Our Home”, “Taganok”, “Father Yalaletdin”, “Little Birdling”, “Cock Mill”, “There or Here?”, the story “A Long, Long Childhood”

11.Name several poems included in the cycle “Europe - Asia”?

“I am a Russian”, “About a Birch Leaf”, “Europe-Asia”, “Sabantuy”, “Three Hundred Horsemen”, “Father’s House”.
12. Three years before the Great Patriotic War, Mustai Karim wrote an almost prophetic poem. What is it called?

The poem “Komsomol Ticket”, 1938. In it, the writer predicted the owl’s injury in 1942.
13.Romeo and Juliet in the works of Mustai Karim?

The prototypes of Romeo and Juliet (Akyeget and Zubarjat), the story of unhappy love, and the spirit of freedom are clearly depicted in the play “Night” lunar eclipse", 1963
14.List the poetic details in the poem “Black Waters”.

The poem is built on the device of antithesis: the imperishable world, the creation of nature are opposed to the destructive, killing power of war. (the sky is burning with the fire of war, but the rye is still ripening, the bee is flying to the honey...)

The poem presents two planes: the reality of nature, and the unreality and alienness of war. War is horrible dream in reality.

The central theme seems to be time, patience - time changes everything, everything passes: “Oh, my proud sister! Patience - the spots will disappear, the shadows will dissolve.”

The poem is filled with images: rain is human tears, man is a leaf of the world tree.

Personifications are widely represented in the poem: the earth groaned, cried, the rain rustled...

Comparisons: drops of tears - drops of fire, stood like after a tornado.

Sound and color writing are also very important for the greater artistic depiction of the poem: mentions of the color black are frequent, and there is a concentration of hissing consonants. The repetition of the interjection “o” carries within it the motif of crying.

The poem raises the question of a person’s eternal choice in a moment of terrible testing: to turn away from the path, give up, or go ahead, and possibly give his life. Man's eternal choice between duty and betrayal.

The poem, despite the horrors of war described, is life-affirming at the end. There is always faith in the best: even if there was a storm, everything will dry out, sprout again, everything will change.

15.Who translated the works of Mustai Karim into Russian?

Ilgiz Karimov, Mikhail Svetlov, Mikhail Dudin, V. Tushnov, Semyon Lipkin, Alexander Oyslender, Ramil Khakimov, Elena Nikolaevskaya, Irina Snegova. It is noteworthy that Karim translated the collection “Return” himself personally, working with E. Nikolaevskaya and I. Snegova.

CONTINUATION IN COMMENTS:

Biography and episodes of life Mustaya Karima. When born and died Mustai Karim, memorable places and dates important events his life. Quotes from a writer and poet, Photo and video.

Years of life of Mustai Karim:

born October 20, 1919, died September 21, 2005

Epitaph

“I finished everything. Done with the little things
And the vanity is left behind...
And now with the dawn rays
I release birds from my chest.”
From Mustai Karim’s poem “Releasing the Birds”

“The globe continues its path,
A new winter crop has been thrown into the field...
How I lived! How greedily I breathed!
But autumn is approaching everyone.”
From the song of Gilemdar Ramazanov, dedicated to memory Mustaya Karima

Biography

Creative activity people's Bashkir poet Mustai Karim began in the 30s. of our century. During his life, he created more than a hundred poetry and prose collections and over a dozen dramatic works. His works are rightfully recognized as the national treasure of Bashkortostan and all of Russia. Let us say without exaggeration that Mustai Karim managed to raise Bashkir literature to an unprecedentedly high level and adequately present it at the international level.

Mustai Karim - born Mustafa Safich Karimov - was born in the small village of Klyashevo in Bashkortostan into the family of a middle peasant. The Karimov family had many children, so, as is usually the case, one could only dream of wealth. But Mustafa still managed to escape from the funnel of life - he became the first family member to receive higher education. For comparison, we note that none of the Karimovs could read except Mustafa himself and one of his brothers.

The death of Mustai Karim occurred in the 86th year of his life. The cause of Karim’s death was a massive heart attack, and, probably, an old battle wound played an important role in this. Karim's funeral took place at the Muslim cemetery in Ufa in the presence of the poet's friends and relatives, his colleagues in literary and social work. It should be noted that the funeral of Mustai Karim, as well as the farewell ceremony to the national poet, were organized at the highest level: a huge country froze in a minute of silence to pay its last respects to a great man.

Life line

October 20, 1919 Date of birth of Mustai Karim (real name Mustafa Safich Karimov).
1927 Mustai goes to first grade rural school Klyashevo.
1935 The young man enters the pedagogical working faculty of the Ufa Institute.
1937 Karim enters the literary department of the Bashkir Pedagogical Institute.
1938 The first book of poems by Mustai Karimov, “The Squad Set Off,” is being published.
1941 Karim was mobilized into the Red Army.
1942 The poet is seriously wounded in the chest.
1946 Mustai Karim is demobilized from the army due to disability.
1953 The writer is elected as a deputy Supreme Council BASSR.
1962 Karim becomes secretary of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR.
1971 Mustai Karim publishes the first collected works in the Bashkir language in five volumes.
September 21, 2005 Date of death of Karim.
September 23, 2005 Date of Karim's funeral.

Memorable places

1. The village of Klyashevo, where Mustai Karim was born.
2. Bashkir Pedagogical University, where Mustai Karim studied.
3. Murom School of Communications (now Novocherkassk Higher Military Command School of Communications), where Mustai Karim was sent to serve at the beginning of the war.
4. Neftyanik Palace of Culture, where the farewell ceremony to the great poet took place.
5. Muslim cemetery in Ufa, where Karim is buried.
6. Monument to Karim in Ufa, opened in 2013 in front of the House of Trade Unions.

Episodes of life

In 2004, a film adaptation of Mustai Karim’s autobiographical story “A Long, Long Childhood” directed by Bulat Yusupov was released. The film tells the story of a Bashkir boy nicknamed Navel, who, while experiencing the most difficult milestones, national history, goes through an original path of personality development. By the way, this is not the only film based on Karim’s works. More early work“On the Night of a Lunar Eclipse” was released to the world in 1987.

In addition to his poetic talent, Mustai Karim was also an excellent playwright and prose writer. In particular, Karim's plays largely determine the level of development of modern Bashkir drama. As for the prose, it definitely found a response in different cultures our multinational country.

Covenant

“Those who love poetry and music live on the bright side.”

“I don’t want to be either the Man of the Day or the Man of the Year. I want to always be just myself."

“I have long been concerned about the problems of a person’s internal freedom, because a person, without becoming free from within, cannot be a free man. We won all social and political freedoms with weapons in our hands, and inner freedom conquered in a different way, by different means.”

Feature-journalistic film “Mustai Karim”

Condolences

“Just as Bashkiria is impossible without the Ural ridges or without Agidel, or without grain fields and oil derricks, without the melodious kurai, so it is impossible without the lines, without the actions, without the wisdom of Mustai Karim.”
Rizvan Khakimov, composer

“...Mustai Karim is one of those artists whose words determine the level of our multinational art.”
Nikolai Rylenkov, poet

“...The poetic world of Mustai Karim is a world of beautiful human feelings.”
Nazar Najmi, poet

“...For me, the main thing about Mustai Karim is his love for people.”
Rasul Gazmatov, poet

Karimov Mustafa Safich (under his works he signed the pseudonym Mustai Karim or Mustai Karimov) - famous poet and playwright, who in 1963 received the title of People's Poet of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and in 1979 - the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor. Thanks to his active creative work, in 1972 he was awarded the USSR State Prize. A little later, in 1984, he became a Lenin Prize laureate. Mustai Karim was a participant in the Second World War. Since 1944 he was a member of the CPSU (b).

Mustai Karimov: biography

Karimov Mustafa was born on October 20, 1919 in the village of Klyash, which was located in the Ufa district of the Safarovsky volost of the Republic of Bashkiria (today it is Bashkortostan, Russia). His father was a Tatar by nationality and a peasant from the middle peasantry. There were 12 children in the parental family. Mustafa spent his childhood in difficult years collectivization. Tatar people was full of doubts and anxieties, but still lived with expectations and dreams about his better future.

Thanks to his mother, Mustai Karimov heard a lot. His biography indicates that he was always impressed by legends and traditions. He loved life in the village and gatherings around the fire, when the atmosphere itself was conducive to telling many interesting and exciting stories.

War time

And then Mustai Karim went to school. After graduating, he began to study at the Bashkir Pedagogical Institute. Timiryazev at the Faculty of National Language and Literature. However, Mustai Karimov has already written something. The poet’s biography has data that by this time he had managed to publish a collection of poems entitled “The Troop Set Off” (1938).

In 1941, he graduated from the institute and was immediately drafted into the Red Army, where he was sent to the Murom School of Communications. This is what Mustai Karim looked like then (photo below before the war).

Also in 1941, his book of poems was published. Spring voices" At the beginning of May 1942, the writer was sent to war in the 17th motorized rifle brigade. He went to serve as a junior lieutenant and was appointed chief of communications for an artillery division.

Wounding and demobilization

During the war, the writer also suffered a lot, as he was seriously wounded in the chest and spent almost six months in a military hospital. Then Red Army soldier Mustai Karim was demobilized due to disability. short biography further indicates that he was already on the front line as a correspondent for front-line periodicals, in particular the newspapers “Soviet Warrior” and “For the Honor of the Motherland.” In 1945 he was awarded 2nd degree and

Biography (short) of Karim Mustai

Literary critics admit that Mustafa’s real talent was revealed precisely in war time. After the end of the war, the writer plunged headlong into creativity and was engaged in social activities. His original creativity could not help but attract a huge number of readers and special attention from critics.

Mustai Karim is actively taking up work in the Union Soviet writers BASSR does this too huge contribution in educating a new generation of young writers of Bashkortostan. Soon he becomes chairman of its board. Then he works as a secretary at the Writers' Union of the RSFSR. Being a member of the Writers' Union, he repeatedly becomes a delegate to CPSU congresses.

Social work

Mustai Karim was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. Then he served as deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR. He then worked for some time on the Lenin Prize Committee, as well as on the Peace Committee and other public relations organizations. A little later, the writer was a member of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Bashkiria. Almost all of his public activities were aimed at the ideas of cultivating humanity and kindness in society, as well as sincerity and freedom in the soul of every Soviet person.

This is what Mustai Karimov was all about. The biography, or rather the life of the writer, was cut short when he was 86 years old; this happened in the cardiological clinic in Ufa. The reason for this was, and the old battle wound probably also played a significant role. His funeral took place on September 23, 2005 at the Muslim cemetery in the city of Ufa. IN last way many people came to see him off: his relatives, close friends, admirers of his talent and colleagues in public and literary work. Ceremony The funeral was organized at the highest level. It seemed that the whole country stood still to honor this great man with a minute of silence.

Famous works

He published under the name Mustai Karim. His works are now immortal for Bashkir people. There are more than 100 prose and poetry collections and over a dozen fascinating dramatic works. Mustai Karim was a great man. You can see a photo of his monument in Ufa below.

Most famous works, which were released, were included in the collections of poetry and poems “Return”, “Black Waters”, “Times”, “Europe-Asia”; These also include the plays “Salavat. Seven Dreams Through Reality”, “Abduction of a Girl”, “Country of Aigul”, “Don’t Throw Fire, Prometheus”, “On the Night of a Lunar Eclipse”; stories “Taganok”, “Long, Long Childhood”, “Pardon”, “Village Lawyers”, “The Joy of Our Home”, etc.

Many works of this outstanding writer translated to different languages Russia and the world. In 2004, the story “A Long, Long Childhood” was filmed, directed by

Mustai Karimov became the owner of a huge number of orders and medals, among them two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, two Badges of Honor, etc.

Mustai Karim is a great Bashkir poet, writer, playwright, publicist, citizen and warrior, participant in the Great Patriotic War, holder of many military and labor orders and medals, an outstanding public figure. Glorious son Bashkir people - Mustafa Safich Karimov made a huge contribution to the treasury of world literature and raised the traditions of classical Bashkir literature to a new level. He put all his strength and talent into forming a unique image of modern Bashkortostan. The work of Mustai Karim has become the personification of Bashkir literature and our entire republic. His books have been translated into dozens of languages. And in difficult, turning-point moments for the country, he could not remain silent. His words of wisdom always caused a huge public outcry. He was understandable and close to every person. People appreciated him for his high literary skill, talent and rare human qualities.

: Mustafa Safich Karimov (Mustai Karim) was born into a peasant family on October 20, 1919 in the village of Klyashevo, Chishminsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The future poet began writing his poems in the sixth grade, and at the age of 16 he published his first collection of poetry. In 1935 he entered the faculty of language and literature at the Bashkir Pedagogical Institute. K.A. Timiryazev, who graduated in 1941.

After graduating from the institute, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Murom School of Communications. In May 1942, with the rank of junior lieutenant, he was sent to the 17th motorized rifle brigade as the chief of communications for the artillery division. In August 1942, he was seriously wounded and spent about six months in hospitals. After recovery, he returned to the front line as a correspondent for the front-line newspapers “For the Honor of the Motherland” of the Voronezh Front and “Soviet Warrior” of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. He ended the war in Vienna. He later wrote a lot about this war and talked about it with young people.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War, Mustai Karim devoted himself entirely to creative and social activities. He took an active part in the work of the Union of Writers of the USSR and the Union of Writers of Bashkortostan. In 1951-1962 he was the chairman of the board of the Union of Writers of the BASSR, in 1962-1984 - secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR.

The creative activity of Mustai Karim began in the mid-30s of the last century. He is the author of more than a hundred poetry and prose collections, over ten dramaturgical works. He is rightfully considered a classic of Bashkir literature.

From the pen of Mustai Karim came outstanding works, included in the golden fund of Bashkir literature and theater: dramas “Country of Aigul”, “Walking Mahmut”, comedy “Abduction of a Girl”, tragedies “On the Night of a Lunar Eclipse”, “Salavat”, “Don’t Throw Fire, Prometheus!”, stories “ The Joy of Our Home", "Long, Long Childhood", "Taganok", "Pardon" and many others.

His works are distinguished by high philosophical meaning, true citizenship, inspiring kindness and romanticism. He was a great romantic who retained his youthful enthusiasm, bright sincerity, kindness and humanity until his golden autumn. A man of inexhaustible soul, he instilled in us hope for the best, the belief that kindness, high citizenship, and sincerity can and should be man’s companions at all times.

There is such a concept - a national treasure. Mustai Karim is our national treasure, the heritage of the universal culture of our large multinational country. He was a poet, writer, philosopher, diplomat. Theaters in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan staged performances based on his works, and today it is difficult to find a corner of Russia where the writer Mustai Karim is not known.

Mustai Karim worthily represented the Bashkir and Russian literature abroad. His works have been translated into many languages ​​of the world and have become an organic part of many national cultures. Cultural figures and readers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, China, Bulgaria and other countries have paid tribute to high literary excellence, rich creative heritage Mustaya Karima.

Mustafa Safich did a lot of public work. He was elected as a delegate to congresses of the CPSU, from 1955 to 1980 he was a deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of the 4th-11th convocations, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, and deputy of the Supreme Council of the BASSR. For many years he was the chairman of the Bashkir Peace Committee, a member of the Lenin and State Prize Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, and a member of the Presidential Council of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He made a huge contribution to the education of young writers.

The activities of Mustai Karim are highly appreciated by the state. M.S. Karimov - Hero Socialist Labor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Poet of Bashkortostan, Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, laureate State Prize USSR, Lenin Prize, State Prize of the RSFSR named after K.S. Stanislavsky, State Prize of the Republic of Bashkortostan named after Salavat Yulaev, International Prize named after M. Sholokhov, awarded two Orders of Lenin, Red Banner of Labor, Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honor, Patriotic War 1st and 2nd degrees, Red Star, "For Services to the Fatherland" 2nd and 3rd degrees, Order of Salavat Yulaev.

Mustai Karim was a great citizen of his country. He always spoke out openly and courageously on the most pressing issues of the development of our republic. Mustai Karim deeply felt the collapse of our great homeland - Soviet Union. I accepted as my personal grief the confusion of feelings and the onslaught of troubles that our brothers and sisters experienced in the last difficult years. He respected ideology and traditions Communist Party Soviet Union, seeing in them hope for a better future. He said: “Any party, no matter what its name, if it is close to the people, is a party of hope. Just as a person cannot live without hope, so society cannot live without a force that is designed to help people.”

Mustafa Safich was a man of the rarest soul and heart, in which he always lived good relations to people and the desire to be with them both in trouble and in joy. Despite his advanced age, he strove to be among his readers, spoke to them seriously, reflected on his doubts and hopes, and always remained a great optimist, receiving good support and recognition.

Mustai Karim became an entire era of Bashkir, Russian, and world literature. He was a warrior, poet, citizen, a man of great soul and kind heart. It was not an easy task that fell to his lot, but interesting life. He lived it with dignity.

Mustai Karim died at the age of 86 on September 21, 2005. He was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Ufa.

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• I release birds from my chest. Poetry. Cheboksary, 1976 (in Chuvash)
• The souls of our spark. Poetry. Tallinn, 1978 (in Estonian)
• The rivers are talking. Poetry. Yakutsk, 1977 (in Yakut language)
• M. Karim's book "Taganok" was published in English, Estonian, Tajik, Moldavian, Lithuanian and other languages ​​of the world.
• The book “The Joy of Our Home” was published in Ukrainian, Uzbek, Moldavian, Latvian, Kazakh, Chinese and other languages.
• The book “Long, Long Childhood” was published in Bulgarian, Uzbek, and Kazakh languages.