Tufan Miñnullin


Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan since 1990. International PEN club member.
He was born on 25 August 1935 in a Tatar family in the village of Bolshoe Meretkozino in the Tatarstan’s Kamskoe Ustie region.
Miñnullin died on 2 May 2012.