Äxmät İsxaq

Äxmät İsxaq (1905–1991) was a Soviet Tatar poet, translator and journalist.

Biography Äxmät İsxaq was born in Kazan. He received his professional education at the Möxämmädiä madrasa and the Tatar Pedagogical Institute in Kazan, before starting work in the editorial office of the Tatar Regional Committee of Komsomol.

In 1925, he was sent to Moscow to study at the State Film School, but he soon joined the editorial office of the Tatar-language newspaper (Эшче; The Worker) where he met the Tatar writers Musa Cälil and . In 1928, he returned to Kazan and began working for other Tatar-language publications, including the newspaper Qızıl Tatarstan (Кызыл Татарстан; Red Tatarstan) and the satirical magazine (Чаян; Scorpion). In 1942, during World War II, İsxaq enlisted in the Soviet Army and served as a platoon commander and a military journalist first in the Russian Far East and then in Ukraine.

Works During his lifetime, İsxaq published some 40 books in Tatar, Russian, and Bashkir, including poetry, satirical works, fairy tales, opera librettos, reviews and critiques, and other works. He is also known for his translations of Russian classical poets and Tatar and Turkic poetry.

İsxaq translated the works of Ali-Shir Nava'i, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Mahtumkuli, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and Vladimir Mayakovsky into Tatar, along with translations of the Old Tatar poet Qol Ğäli into modern Tatar.

Family Äxmät İsxaq was married to Zäynäp Ğosmanova , whose sister was married to Tatarstan politician . The couple had two sons, İrşat and İlik .

Selected works (1929) (Song of the Streets of Stone) (1939) (Song of Happiness) (1946) (Quray) (1956) (Poet–Hero Musa Cälil) (1957) (Meeting in Song) (1963) (Tuqay's Poetic Skills) (1983) (Thoughts, Smiles)