Khadi Taktash. The bio-bibliographic directory

January 1st, 2011, marked the 110th anniversary of the birth of the classic Tatar Soviet literary genius Khadi Taktash (Moukhammedkhadi Hairullovich Taktashev). Taktash's creativity was at the apex of Tatar Soviet poetry in the pre-war years. His creative heritage occupies a significant place in the history of Tatar literature. His poetry, which calls for sincere beauty, love, high morals, and fidelity to one’s native land, is still relevant to this day. Poetry is a basic part of a culture’s artistic heritage. The bio-bibliographic directory devoted to the 110th anniversary of Taktash's birth consists of ten sections. Included in them are: biographic materials, memoirs about Taktash, articles about his life and creativity, and statements about him. Taktash's works are numbered, including audio-files, poems and stories. There is a section devoted to Taktash, a photo-archive with photographic materials from his life and creativity and the section, “K. Taktash in Art.” In the bibliography section, descriptions of Taktash’s works are presented, along with books and articles about him and information about Taktash on the internet. The bio-bibliographic directory is in Russian, Tatar and English languages.

Biography and Assistance Materials:

• Khadi Taktash: A Literary Bio-Bibliographic Index;
• Khadi Taktash: Large Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian);
• Khadi Taktash: Short Literary Encyclopedia (in Russian);
• Khadi Taktash: Tatar Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian);
• Basic Dates (in Russian).

Articles about the Life and Creativity of K. Taktash (in Russian):

• Bikmuhammetova, Р. White Stains: In Search of "The Red Poet” Khadi Taktash;
• Gimadeev, U. I. Satire and Humor in the Creativity of Taktash;
• Kudretsky, E. Poet of the Silver-Age;
• Lavrishko, V. Farewell Forever with Love, Taktash;
• Sultanbekov, B. Dautova, R. Khadi Taktash: The Poet and Time;
• Tangalichev, K. New Paragraph: Khadi Taktash;
• Tangalichev K. Khadi Taktash: The Spokesman of a Disturbing Epoch;
• Tangalichev K. Khadi Taktash: The Guide of an Epoch.

Memoirs about K. Taktash (in Tatar)

Photo-Archive

K. Taktash in Art

K. Taktash's Works (in Russian):

• Poems:

• “Alsu”
• “White Flowers”
• “In Dark Nights”
• “Yes, I Have Grown Old …”
• “The Daughter of Dawn”
• “Forgotten Oath”
• “Exiles of the Sky”
• From the poem, “Blue Eyes”
• “A Love Confession”
• “The Small Robber”
• “Mukamai”
• “Letters in the Future”
• “After a Storm”
• “A Fragmentary Cap”
• “Today's Beauty”
• “The Smiling Stranger”
• “I Immensely Long”

• Prose:

• "Friend of Chernomordi"

Verses devoted to K. Taktash (in Tatar)

Stories devoted to K. Taktash (in Tatar)

Statements about K. Taktash (in Tatar)

Bibliography (in Russian):

• K. Taktash's Works;
• Literature about K. Taktash;
• K. Taktash on the Internet.