Ethnicity Bashkirs Role Poet Name Rami Garipov | Notable works mother tongue Citizenship USSR | |
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Born Garipov Rami Yagafarovich
12 February 1932
Arkaulovo village, Salavatsky District, BASSR, USSR (now Salavatsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia) ( 1932-02-12 ) Occupation poet, novelist, playwright, librettist Alma mater Maxim Gorky Literature Institute Notable awards Salavat Yulaev Award
(1988, posthumous) Died February 20, 1977, Ufa, Russia Education Maxim Gorky Literature Institute | ||
Туған тел, Рәми Ғарипов. Родной язык, Рами Гарипов. Mother language, Rami Garipov.
Rami Yagafarovich Garipov (Bashkir: Рәми Йәғәфәр улы Ғарипов, 12 February 1932 – 20 February 1977), was a national poet of Bashkortostan, writer and playwright.
Garipov was born in a farmer's family. After completing seven grades of school in his native village he continued his studies in Ufa. In 1950–1955 he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow, and after graduation worked for the newspaper The Council of Bashkortostan, magazine Agidel, and the literary publishing house Bashkir.
In 1959–1964 Garipov lived in his native lands, serving as a Komsomol secretary at farms "Yuryuzan" and "Sargamysh" of Salavatsky District, and working for a local newspaper. In 1964–1966 he wrote for the newspaper The Council of Bashkortostan, and in 1968–1972 served as executive secretary of Bashkortostan Kyzy.