Sergey Izgiyayev

Sergey Davidovich Izgiyayev (; ; born 22 November 1922 – 27 July 1972) was a Soviet writer, translator, and songwriter. A member of the Soviet Union of Writers, Izgiyayev is the author of nine books of poetry and five plays, the translator and creator of lyrics for more than thirty songs (nine of which were produced by Moscow's firm Melodiya on Gramophone records).

Sergey Izgiyayev started writing poems as a child. In 1939, the regional newspaper Red Star (in the language of the Mountain Jews) published a large collection of his poems. Later that year, he married Sarah Shamailov (1923–1978). Her contemporaries, men and women alike, thought that she was a beautiful woman.

From 1940 to 1946, Sergey Izgiyayev was in the military, where he continued to write and publish in the military press. After demobilization, Izgiyayev went to school and graduated from a pedagogical college while working at the local radio station. In 1947, Sergey Izgiyayev participated in the first congress for young writers in Soviet Dagestan. Izgiyayev's son David commented on this in an article:

Izgiyayev dedicated many poems to his wife Sarah, one of them was To the beloved that written by him while still the groom. The poem Daughter Sveta is dedicated to his youngest daughter. Songs of Youth (; 1959)

In 1959, along with many other poets, Sergey Izgiyayev published his poems in a literary anthology – Voices of the Young. Poems (; 1963) Thoughts of the Poet (; 1966) A conversation with the heart (; 1970)

Poems published posthumously The fate and love (; 1972) This is our custom (; 1977) Poetry and Poem (; 1981) Selected works (2002)

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