Tufan Miñnullin
Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin tuˈfɑn miˈŋnulin (tt-Cyrl, Minnulin Tufan Abdullovich) was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan parliament) since 1990. International PEN club member (since 1996).
Tufan Miñnullin

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- Name
- Tufan Miñnullin
- Born
- 25 August 1935
- Died
- 2 May 2012
- Birthplace
- Bol'shoe Meretkozino, Kamsko-Ustyinsky, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
- Education
- Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School,
- Awards
- People's Artist of the RSFSR,
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, writer, politician, playwright and opinion journalist.
- Fields
- literature, drama and opinion journalism.
- Movements
- socialist realism.
- Honours
- Dzhalil Prize, Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR, State Prize named after Ğabdulla Tuqay, People's Writer of the Republic of Tatarstan, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and honorary citizen of Kazan.
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Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin tuˈfɑn miˈŋnulin (tt-Cyrl, Minnulin Tufan Abdullovich) was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan parliament) since 1990. International PEN club member (since 1996).
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He was born on 25 August 1935 in a Tatar family in the village of Bolshoe Meretkozino in the Tatarstan's Kamskoe Ustie region. Miñnullin died on 2 May 2012.
Tufan Miñnullin studied at M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School. The recorded working language is Tatar. The field of work recorded is literature, drama and opinion journalism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tatarstan. Employment is recorded with Sabir Ömetbayev Minzälä State Tatar Drama Theatre, Galiaskar Kamal Tatar Academic Theatre and GTRK Tatarstan. Distinctions recorded are Dzhalil Prize, Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR, State Prize named after Ğabdulla Tuqay and People's Writer of the Republic of Tatarstan.

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• Name — Tufan Miñnullin • Native Name — * Туфан Миңнуллин • Туфан Миннуллин • Born — 25 August 1935 • Died — 2 May 2012 • Birthplace — Bol'shoe Meretkozino, Kamsko-Ustyinsky, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Place of death — Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia • Education — Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, • Awards — People's Artist of the RSFSR,
Career and activity
Career and activity
Tufan Miñnullin worked in literature, drama and opinion journalism. His work is associated with socialist realism. He was employed by Sabir Ömetbayev Minzälä State Tatar Drama Theatre, Galiaskar Kamal Tatar Academic Theatre, GTRK Tatarstan, Chayan and Union of Writers of the Republic of Tatarstan. He belonged to USSR Union of Writers and PEN International. He worked at Tatarstan.
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1935
Tufan Miñnullin born at Olı Mämätxuca.
2012
Tufan Miñnullin died at Kazan.
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Olı Mämätxuca.
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Tufan Miñnullin received Dzhalil Prize, Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR, State Prize named after Ğabdulla Tuqay, People's Writer of the Republic of Tatarstan, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and honorary citizen of Kazan.
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