Umer Ipchi¶
Crimean Tatar writer, poet, playwright, director, and screenwriter. One of the founders of the Crimean Tatar national theater and cinema.
Overview¶
Umer Ipchi is the author of numerous novels, plays, poetry collections, and film scripts that laid the foundation of modern Crimean Tatar literature and art of the 1920s. He actively collaborated with Ukrainian artists in the field of cinema and was published in Crimean Tatar editions, such as the almanac "Ascent" (Skhodzhennia, 1932). His creative contribution, in particular the screenplay for the film "Alim," was recognized in Ukraine and highly praised by Pavlo Tychyna.
Key Details / Subtopics¶
- Screenplay for "Alim": Umer Ipchi wrote the script for the first Crimean Tatar Soviet film "Alim" (1926), dedicated to the life of the 19th-century Crimean folk hero Alim Aydamak. The Ukrainian poet Mykola Bazhan, who then worked as an editor at the All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration (VUFKU), took part in the work on the screenplay. The film was shown triumphantly throughout Ukraine.
- Participation in the almanac "Ascent" (Skhodzhennia): He was one of the leading authors of the literary almanac of Crimean Tatar literature "Ascent" (Skhodzhennia, October 1932), a copy of which belonged to the personal library of P. Tychyna.
- Assessment by Ukrainian colleagues: The screenplay "Alim" and other literary works of Umer Ipchi received high praise from Pavlo Tychyna, who noted the artistic power of his dramaturgy.
Sources and Links¶
- We Are Stars of One Sky — a source about the connections of Pavlo Tychyna with Crimean Tatar writers.
- The film "Alim" — a historical film based on the screenplay by Umer Ipchi.
- Pavlo Tychyna — a Ukrainian writer who studied his work.
- Ethnogenesis of the Crimean Tatars — Umer Ipchi is a representative of Crimean Tatar culture that grew out of the described centuries-long ethnogenesis.
- Crimean Tatar Folk Dance — the original folk choreography of the Crimean Tatar people, to which Umer Ipchi's work also belongs.