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Mikhail Dadashev

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Mikhail Borisovich Dadashev
Native name
Михаил Дадашев
Born (1936-12-29) 29 December 1936 (age 88)
Derbent, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union
Occupationwriter
Notable awards

Mikhail Borisovich Dadashev (Russian: Михаил Борисович Дадашев; Hebrew: מיכאיל דדשב; 1936) is a Soviet, Russian, and Dagestani writer. In 2016,[1] by decree of the Head of Dagestan, Mikhail Dadashev was awarded the honorary title of "People's Writer of the Republic of Dagestan". He is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia. Dadashev is also a laureate of the Derzhavin Prize.[1][2] In 2014, the Moscow City Organization of the Union of Russian Writers awarded him a diploma named after M. Yu. Lermontov, “No wonder all of Russia remembers,” with the presentation of the medal “M. Yu. Lermontov. 1814-1841.”[2] Mikhail Dadashev also received the International Literary Prize named after N. A. Nekrasov.[2]

Biography

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Mikhail Dadashev was born in the city of Derbent, in the Dagestan ASSR,[3] into a Mountain Jewish family.[2]

During his school years, Mikhail Dadashev wrote his first works of fiction in Russian. While serving in the navy, he contributed to newspapers in Leningrad.[2]

After graduating from the economics department of Moscow State University,[4] Mikhail Dadashev worked in Derbent as head of the agriculture and industry section in the editorial offices of the newspapers For Communist Labor (Russian: За коммунистический труд) in Izberbash and Banner of Communism (Russian: Знамя коммунизма) in Derbent.[1][2][3][4] He later served as the first secretary of the Derbent District Committee of the Komsomol.[2] For 20 years, he headed the district financial department and subsequently worked in the tax service.[2]

From 2002 until his retirement, he worked in Moscow at the central office of the Federal Taxation Service of the Russian Federation.[1][3]

Mikhail Dadashev was awarded honorary certificates from the Ministry of Finance of the USSR, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Dagestan.

He has been a member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1980.[2][4]

He is the author of several books, including:[1][2][3][4]

  • 2020, collected works in 5 volumes. The collected works include novels Brothers, Frosts, The Lying Tree, Poppy Trail, the stories In the Captivity of Apata, Fate, short stories and parables.[5]
  • 2013, And Sometimes the Heart Hurts from Laughter, parables. In 2015, Mikhail Dadashev was awarded the Derzhavin Prize for his book of parables.[2]
  • 2011, Frosts, novel
  • 2008, In the Captivity of Apata, story
  • 2008, The Lying Tree, novel
  • 2006, Russian–Tat (Judeo-Tat) Dictionary[6]
  • 2002, Poppy Trail, a historical novel about the destruction of the Jewish village of Aba-Sava — the capital of a small, semi-independent Mountain Jewish "principality" in Dagestan that existed from the 1630s until around 1800. For this novel, Mikhail Dadashev received the International Literary Prize named after N. A. Nekrasov.[2]
  • 2000, Polonaise of Love, stories and plays[6]
  • 2000, Fate, selected editions
  • 1995, Vanity of Vanities, parables.

Mikhail Dadashev wrote the autobiographical novel Roots, as well as the stories in the Judeo-Tat language:[2]

  • 1983, Fate (Judeo-Tat: Гьисмет), story
  • 1980, Brothers (Judeo-Tat: Бироргьо), novel
  • 1977, Confession (Judeo-Tat: Тубономе), collection of satirical stories
  • 1972, Noble Man (Judeo-Tat: Хьэлоле мерд), collection of humorous stories
  • The dry well (Judeo-Tat: Хуьшг бире чол)
  • Water Tap (Judeo-Tat: Билогъ)
  • False tradition (Judeo-Tat: Дургуне гIэдот), a play.
  • Man and Boy (Judeo-Tat: Мерд не куклэ)

In 2018, he was awarded the Medal for Services to Derbent.[3]

After many years of work in the Derbent region, Mikhail Dadashev moved to Moscow.[2]

Awards and Titles

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  • Medal for Services to Derbent (2018)
  • People's Writer of the Republic of Dagestan (2016)
  • Laureate of the Derzhavin Prize (2015)
  • Diploma named after M. Yu. Lermontov "No wonder all of Russia remembers" with the presentation of the medal "M.Yu. Lermontov.1814-1841." (2014)
  • International Literary Prize named after N. A. Nekrasov

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Fahreddin Garibses. "Son of the native land". Dagestankaya Pravda. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Literary readings in Juuri, dedicated to the work of Mikhail Dadashev, took place at OGE". STMEGI Media. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e Roman Safanov. "Mikhail Dadashev: Derbent is a source of inspiration". Gorskie Media. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  4. ^ a b c d "In the captivity of Apata". STMEGI Media.
  5. ^ Ирина Михайлова. "Meeting of writer Mikhail Borisovich Dadashev with fellow countrymen". STMEGI Media. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. ^ a b "Mikhail Dadashev - the best books". Livelib.
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