Ivan Kuratov
Illustration — Founder of Komi literature Ivan Kuratov on a 1989 USSR commemorative stamp Ivan Alekseevich Kuratov (Komi: Куратов Ӧльӧш Вань, Kuratov Öľöš Vań, 18 July 1839 in Kibra village, current Kuratovo village, Komi Republic — 29 November 1875 in Verny, current Almaty) was a Komi poet and linguist, seen as renovator of Komi literature. Kuratov began writing verses at age 13, while studying in a seminary, and was engaged in poetry until his death. The most fruitful period of his life were the years spent in the town of Ust-Sysolsk, where Kuratov settled after unsuccessful attempt to continue his education in Moscow.
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Ivan Kuratov
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- Born
- 1839 · Kuratovo.
- Died
- 1875 · Almaty.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
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- poet · translator · linguist · writer
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- Komi · Finnish · Russian
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Illustration — Founder of Komi literature Ivan Kuratov on a 1989 USSR commemorative stamp Ivan Alekseevich Kuratov (Komi: Куратов Ӧльӧш Вань, Kuratov Öľöš Vań, 18 July 1839 in Kibra village, current Kuratovo village, Komi Republic — 29 November 1875 in Verny, current Almaty) was a Komi poet and linguist, seen as renovator of Komi literature. Kuratov began writing verses at age 13, while studying in a seminary, and was engaged in poetry until his death. The most fruitful period of his life were the years spent in the town of Ust-Sysolsk, where Kuratov settled after unsuccessful attempt to continue his education in Moscow.
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Here he taught country children, worked on linguistics and wrote poetry. During his lifetime Ivan Kuratov published only five poems, under a pseudonym. He is the subject of Serge Noskov's 2009 opera Kuratov, the first in the Komi language.
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Ivan Kuratov was born on 6 July 1839.
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Ivan Kuratov died on 17 November 1875.
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- 1.Cagnoli, Sébastien. Les Komis: Questions d'histoire et de culture. Presses de l’Inalco. 2010. 978-2-85831-265-8.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Ivan Alekseevich Kuratov. His recorded languages were Komi, Finnish and Russian. Recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as poet, translator, linguist and writer.
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