Ğädel Qutuy


Qutuyıv Ğädelşa Nurmöxämmät ulı, better known as Ğädel Qutuy was a Soviet Tatar poet, writer and playwright.

Life

Qutuy moved to Kazan in 1922, and 5 year later gained recognition as one of five the most prominent Tatar writer. Impressed by Mayakovsky, he established Tatar analogue of LEF, SULF, i.e. Sul Front – Left Front. In 1930, after Cidegän affair was concocted, he was imprisoned. However, he managed to prove guiltiness and was released after 8 month of trial. After this, he wrote his most prominent novels. In 1941 he volunteered to the Red Army to fight against Nazis in World War II. In 1944 he became a war correspondent. In March 1945 he caught a cold and eventually dead in hospital.

Legacy

His early verses, such as published in Könnär yögergändä contributed to futurism. A poem Talantlar watanı, novels Soltannıñ ber köne, Wocdan ğazabı are about role of intelligentsia in society. The most prominent writing of Qutuy is a lyrical novel Tapşırılmağan xatlar. He also wrote a science-fiction Röstäm macaraları. Qutuy wrote several plays: Baldızqay, Qazan, Cawap,. The complete publishing of his writings issued after his death include Publitsistika and İlham.
His son, Rustem Qutuy, is a Russian-language writer and resides in Kazan.
In Kazan there is a street Ğädel Qutuy.