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Musa Cälil

1906 - 1944

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Musa Cälil (Tatar: Муса Җәлил, Tatar pronunciation: [muˈsɑ ʑæˈlil]; Russian: Муса Джалиль, romanized: Musa Dzhalil; 15 February [O.S. 2 February] 1905 – 25 August 1944) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Musa Cälil is the 2,344th most popular writer (down from 2,152nd in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Russia (down from 783rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Musa Cälil ranks 2,344 out of 7,302Before him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Ouida, Tayeb Salih, Duris of Samos, Victorinus of Pettau, and Gregory Tsamblak. After him are Eupolis, Mary Astell, Andrei Voznesensky, John Fletcher, Joseph D. Pistone, and Israel Joshua Singer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Musa Cälil ranks 123Before him are Wilhelm Boger, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Wolf Albach-Retty, Denis de Rougemont, Philippe Halsman, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar. After him are Franz Waxman, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Jean Dieudonné, Tekla Juniewicz, and Mary Astor. Among people deceased in 1944, Musa Cälil ranks 140Before him are Charles Diehl, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Dietrich Kraiss, Regina Jonas, Nikolai Polikarpov, and Bella Rosenfeld. After him are Israel Joshua Singer, Felix Nussbaum, Alberts Kviesis, Andrey Sheptytsky, Helmut Lent, and Tanya Savicheva.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Musa Cälil ranks 804 out of 3,761Before him are Princess Olga Paley (1865), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Kuzma Minin (1616), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), Anatoli Bugorski (1942), and Afanasy Fet (1820). After him are Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Yakov Pavlov (1917), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Walter Weiß (1890), and Raimonds Vējonis (1966).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Musa Cälil ranks 95Before him are Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), Nina Berberova (1901), Olga Rozanova (1886), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), and Afanasy Fet (1820). After him are Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Samuil Marshak (1887), Tanya Savicheva (1930), and Konstantin Balmont (1867).