Ennan Alimov Explained

Ennan Alimov
Birth Name:Ennan Memutovich Alimov
Native Name:Эннан Мемутович Алимов
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Place:, Russian Empire
Death Place:Donbas, Soviet Union
Occupation:Writer and artist
Nationality:Soviet

Ennan Memutovich Alimov (; 1912–1941) was a Crimean Tatar writer and artist.

Biography

Ennan Alimov was born in 1912 to a Crimean Tatar family in the village of, near Belogorsk (now Bilohirsk). After graduating from a nine-year rural school, he worked at a tobacco factory.[1] [2] In 1933, Alimov entered the art studio of Nikolay Samokish, graduating in 1936. After the studio was transformed into the, Alimov served as its director from July 1938 to September 1941. Alimov left the studio to serve at the front after the invasion of the Soviet Union.[3] He was killed in action in 1941 as a senior sergeant.[4]

Alimov's original paintings did not survive. Reproductions of his paintings Bagydzhy kyzlar ("Girls-growers"), Ormanda tan ("Dawn in the forest"), and Kaytarma oynagyan kyz ("Girl dancing haitarma") were published between 1933 and 1936 in Yash Kuvet and Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Between 1936 and 1941, Alimov's stories "Native Village", "The Turtle Dove Flaps Her Wings" and "Fishermen" were published. The main character of the story "The Turtle Dove Flaps Her Wings" was based on his lover Emine Smedlyaeva and discussed the first love of a teenager with descriptions of her in comparison to rain and the colors of a forest. Alimov's poems "My Homeland" and "Meeting the Dawn" were published in the newspaper Literary Crimea.[5]

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Figures of the Crimean Tatar culture (1921-1944): Bio-bibliographic dictionary. - Simferopol, 1999. p. 35–36.
  2. News: . November 10, 2018 . History of Crimea: Ennan Alimov . Kırım'ın Sesi Gazetesi . January 22, 2023 . 23 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230123055930/https://kiriminsesigazetesi.com/ennan-alimov/ . live .
  3. Web site: Useinova . Gulnara . 25 September 2012 . Первый директор Крымского художественного училища . 4 October 2022 . Милли Фирка . 5 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181005221341/http://milli-firka.org/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80-%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2/ . live .
  4. Web site: Алимов Эннан . 4 October 2022 . rk.memory.ru . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213005/http://www.rk-memory.ru/show/376 . live .
  5. News: Cherkezova . Elmira . July 4, 2020 . Два директора: Абдурефи Абиев и Эннан Алимов . Two directors: Abdurefi Abiyev and Ennan Alimov . Russian . Avdet . January 23, 2023 . 24 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230124044726/https://avdet.org/2020/07/04/dva-direktora-abdurefi-abiev-i-jennan-alimov/ . live .