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Abdulla Lyatif-zade

Crimean Tatar poet, literary scholar, translator, and pedagogue. One of the prominent figures of the Crimean Tatar literary revival of the 1920s, and a friend of the Ukrainian poet Pavlo Tychyna.

Overview

Abdulla Lyatif-zade was an important figure in establishing Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar cultural ties during the Soviet period (1920s–1930s). His creative acquaintance with Pavlo Tychyna fostered the mutual discovery of the two nations' literatures. Lyatif-zade took an active part in the literary process: he authored the poetry collection "The New Saz" (1928) and published in the almanac "Ascension" (1932).

Key Details / Subtopics

  • Literary works:
  • "The New Saz" ("Yany saz"): A poetry collection published in 1928. One of its copies bearing the author's autograph is preserved in the memorial library of P. Tychyna.
  • The almanac "Ascension": A literary miscellany in the Crimean Tatar language (1932), to whose creation and content the poet contributed.
  • Popularization of Crimean Tatar literature in Ukraine: At the suggestion of Pavlo Tychyna, he wrote the survey work "A Brief Survey of Crimean Tatar Literature," which was translated into Ukrainian and published in the December 1927 issue of the Kharkiv journal "The Red Path." This article became one of the first large-scale introductions of the Ukrainian readership to Crimean Tatar writing.
  • Relationship with Pavlo Tychyna: The two poets were friends and exchanged publications. As a token of respect, on August 11, 1928, in Simferopol, Lyatif-zade left a dedicatory inscription in russian on his book "The New Saz": "To the sensitive singer — the great master, Comrade Pavlo Tychyna, from the author. Ab. Lyatifzade."