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Nikifor Mran'ka (1901-1973) (Chuvash and Russian: Никифор Мранька) was a Chuvash writer and playwright. He was born on July 9, 1901 in Pileshkasy, which is a village in the Kozlovsky District, Chuvash Republic. He was part of the USSR Union of Writers in 1939, fought during the Russian Civil War and World War II. He died on February 20, 1973.[1]

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Nikifor Mran'ka
Born	(1901-07-09)July 9, 1901 Pileshkasy village, Russia
Died	February 20, 1973(1973-02-20) (aged 71) Chuvashia, USSR
Pen name	Nikifor Mran'ka
Occupation	Writer
Language	Chuvash, Russian
Nationality	Chuvash

Biography

After finishing elementary school in a rural area, he began a course for continuity writers in Moscow.

He participated in the Russian Civil War. After returning from war, he worked as chairman of the village council.

In 1928, his first drama, Elnet was performed at the Chuvash theater in Cheboksary. Later works included Тӳнтерлене хирӗҫ (Against an ambiguity) and "Виҫҫӗшӗ те пӗр калӑпран (All three one test). Nikifor Fyodorovich also worked as the director of a newsreel and as the editor of the regional newspaper.

He served during World War II on the front lines. Afterward, he served as the longtime head of the Department of Propaganda and Propagation of the Kozlovsky District Party Committee. For excellence in literature he was awarded the Certificate of Honour of Presidium of the Supreme Body Chuvash АССР (1971).

Famous works

• Итлӗр! – Listen! (drama, 1930);
• Пӗрремӗш категори – high category (comedy, 1932)
• Элнет – Elnet (drama, 1933);
• Салют – Salute (play, 1936);
• Аван пурӑнатпӑр – Good life (play, 1938);
• Бурлаксем (drama, 1941);
• Ӗмӗр сакки сарлака – Life is life (novel, I- 1959, 1965, 1989; II- 1960, 1967, 1989; III- 1961, 1971, IV- 1971, V- 1980);
• Юратнӑ чӗресем – Loving hearts (1962);

Memorial

Mran'ka Street in Cheboksary is named after him.

Collections

• Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ (Chuvash literature anthology), editing: D. V. Gordeev, J. A. Silem. Cheboksary, 2003. ISBN 5-7670-1279-2 .
• Алексеев В. Н. Век прожить – не поле прейти. Очерк в книге Писатели (Серия Библиотека Президента Чувашии) Cheboksary, 2008, стр.2003 – 213.

References

External links

• Nikifor Mran'ka, biography

На других языках

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- [en] Nikifor Mran'ka

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[ru] Никифор Мранькка

Ники́фор Мранькка́ (настоящее имя Ники́фор Фёдорович Моранько́в; 9 [22] июня 1901, д. Пиндиково (чуваш. Пилешкасси), Казанская губерния[1] — 20 февраля 1973, Чебоксары) — чувашский драматург, прозаик и сценарист, редактор. В Союзе писателей СССР с 1939 года.

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