Mišši Juhma

• Name — Mikhail Nikolayevich Yukhma • Pen Name — Mishshi Yukhma • Birth Name — Михаил Николаевич Ильин • Born — 10 April 1936 • Birthplace — Săkăt, Batyrevsky District, Chuvash ASSR, USSR • Occupation — novelist, poet • Language — Chuvash, Russian

Mishshi Yukhma was born on 10 April 1936 in Săkăt, Batyrevsky District, Chuvashia. He graduated from the Chuvash State Pedagogical University. He has worked as a researcher in Chuvash Republican Museum of Local Lore. He also headed a Chuvash book publishing house.

Yukhma is known as the author of many historical novels and novellas, collections of legends and short stories, essays, dramatic and poetic books; studies on ancient and medieval history, as well as on folklore and mythology of the Chuvash people. Besides in Russian and Chuvash, his works have been published in other languages of the Soviet Union, as well as in other languages outside the USSR. Yukhma also works in the genre of drama. About thirty of his plays have been staged on the stages of theaters in a number of countries (Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Austria, Korea, etc.), such as "On the Night of the Full Moon", "Foundation", "Feathers of the White Swan", "Straw Boy", "Dough-Hero", "Husband and Wife — One Satan", "How to Get to Heaven", and "Tears of the Gods". Based on his works, operas and ballets were created, which were staged on the stages of a large number of theaters. The words of Mishsha Yukhma are composed of many songs that are sung to this day.