Musa Cälil

Soviet poet · Russia · On the map · Writers · Lived 1906 to 1944 · aged 38

Musa Cälil was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter during World War II. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting and the Lenin Prize for having written The Moabit Notebooks; both awards were bestowed upon him posthumously.

Musa Cälil is read about 179 times a day, in 38 languages.

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