Erzya literature

Noted Erzya writers

• Aleksej Vasil'evich Dunyashin was born in the Erzya village of Poksh Tolkan in Pokhvistneva Raion, Samara Oblast. He wrote feuilletons for various newspapers throughout the Soviet Union from 1924 till his death in 1931. A collection of his writings, "Pidsipalakst", was published in 1930.