Musa Cälil

Poet, Author

1906 – 1944

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Who was Musa Cälil?

Musa Cälil was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union who was simultaneously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting, and the Lenin Prize for authoring The Moabit Notebooks; both the awards were awarded to him posthumously.

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Born
Feb 15, 1906
Orenburg Governorate
Also known as
  • Musa Calil
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Education
  • Moscow State University
Died
Aug 25, 1944
Plötzensee

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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