Nikolay Abramov

Nikolay Viktorovich Abramov (also spelled Nikolai; ; January 24, 1961 – January 23, 2016) was a Russian ethnic Vepsian writer, translator, journalist and poet. He was a leading proponent of the Veps language, as well as Vepsian literature and culture in Russia. The Vepsians are a Finnic people of northern Russia whose language belongs to the Uralic languages.

Life and career Abramov composed poems and literature in both Vepsian and Russian, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. He was the author of seven collections of poetry, which have been released in Vepsian, Russian, Estonian, French and Hungarian.

He was accepted into the Writers' Union of Russia in 1998

In 2013, a collection of eighty Vepsian language poems Оять-ёген рандал... (Ojat-jogjen randal...) written by Abramov, was published. This collection is believed to be the third Veps language book to be written using the Cyrillic alphabet in history. Traditionally, the Veps language is written in the Latin script.

In addition to his literary work, Abramov served as head bibliographer for the National Library of the Republic of Karelia in Petrozavodsk.

Works authored Veps language books (1994) (1999) ''' (2005)

Poetry (2010)Kurgede aeg (2010)Les chants des forêts (2011)'' (2013)