A book exhibition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Dagestan poet, prose writer, publicist, translator Rasul Gamzatov has been organized in the Hall of World Literature.

Rasul Gamzatov was born in 1923 in Dagestan, in the small mountain village of Tsada. His father, the poet and translator Gamzat Tsadasa, came from peasants, he wrote poetry and fables, translated Alexander Pushkin's tales and other works of the poet into Avar. Rasul Gamzatov was the third son in the family. He began to write poetry as a child, his first mentor in poetry was his father.

In 1939, Rasul Gamzatov graduated from the Avar Pedagogical School and went to work as a teacher in his native school, but did not stay there for long: a year later he entered the Avar Theater.

During the war years, Rasul Gamzatov was published in the Bolshevik Gor newspaper. He wrote poems about the exploits of soldiers, prepared essays and notes, talked about the war heroes from Dagestan. Since 1942, he also worked on the radio, was a broadcast editor. He signed his first poems with the surname Tsadasa, but then took the pseudonym Gamzatov, on behalf of his father, Gamzat Tsadasa. From 1945-1950 he studied at the Literary Institute. M. Gorky in Moscow.   

The first collection of poems by Rasul Gamzatov was published in 1943. The book was published in the author's native language, Avar, the national language of the Avars, one of the peoples of the Caucasus. The collection "Fiery Love and Burning Hatred" includes poems about the war. Rasul Gamzatov also translated the texts of Russian classics into the Avar language. The work of Rasul Gamzatov was published in millions of copies and translated into many languages ​​of the world. The work of the poet formed the basis of the song "Cranes", which was performed by the Soviet actor and singer Mark Bernes. The composition has become a symbol of memory of the soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War.

In the post-war period, Rasul Gamzatov was a member of the editorial board of the journals Novy Mir and Friendship of Peoples. Collaborated with the Literaturnaya Gazeta. In 1951 he became the head of the writers' organization of Dagestan and remained in this position until his death.

Rasul Gamzatov was an Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan, laureate of the Stalin III degree, Lenin and RSFSR named after M. Gorky Prizes. Rasul Gamzatov died on November 3, 2003.

In honor of  R. Gamzatov, educational institutions, libraries and a number of streets in the cities of Dagestan were named, the State Literary Museum was opened in Makhachkala in memory of the poet. Documentary and television films based on the works of Rasul Gamzatov are often broadcast now.

The book exhibition from the fund of the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan presents books by Rasul Gamzatov and literature about him in different languages ​​of the peoples of the world.

We invite everyone to the book fair!