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Platon Oyunsky (Russian: Платон Ойунский; (Yakut: Платон Алексеевич Ойуунускай; 11 November [O.S. 30 December] 1893 31 October 1939) was the pseudonym of Platon Alekseevich Sleptsov (Платон Алексеевич Слепцов) who was a Yakut Soviet writer, philologist and public figure and one of the founders of Yakut literature.

Platon Oyunsky
Born(1893-12-30)30 December 1893
Yakutia, Russian Empire
Died31 October 1939(1939-10-31) (aged 45)
Yakutsk, USSR
OccupationPoet, playwright.
NationalitySakha (Yakut)
GenrePoetry, Drama, short stories

Early life


He was born in 3 Zhekhsogon nasleg of Boturuss (nowadays Tatta) ulus. The etymology of the family name "Sleptsov" is that it came from the word meaning "a shaman" – such is the source of Oyunsky's pen-name.[1]


Career


Oyunsky became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b) in March 1918. In 1921 the chairman of the Gubrevkom of Yakutia, in 1922 the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, in 1923 the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Sleptsov was a Soviet Yakut statesman, writer, translator and champion of Yakuts language. In addition, he was seen as one of the founders of modern Yakut literature. He took part in creating the national written language and in culturally building the modern Yakut nation. Oyunsky is one of organizers of the Yakut Autonomous Republic, the Union of Writers of Yakutia, and the Language and Literature Scientific Research Institute.

Oyunsky collected and published a number of Olonkho epic poems from the collected heroic epic poetry of the Yakuts.


Death


He was prosecuted during the Great Purge, and died in prison in Irkutsk in 1939.[2] Oyunsky was officially rehabilitated on 15 October 1955.


Legacy


The State Prize of the Yakut ASSR, awarded for achievements in literature, arts, and architecture, is named after him. His name graces the Sakha Drama Theater, a literary museum, and one of the streets in Yakutsk.


Personal life


Oyunsky's daughter Sardana was a folklorist of note.[3]


Further reading





Notes


A fictionalized biography of Platon Oyunsky features prominently in Stefan Sullivan's Sibirischer Schwindel (Eichborn/Frankfurt, 2002).



На других языках


- [en] Platon Oyunsky

[ru] Ойунский, Платон Алексеевич

Плато́н Ойу́нский (Плато́н Алексе́евич Слепцо́в; 30 октября [11 ноября] 1893, Ойун-Усовский наслег, Таттинский улус, Якутская область — 31 октября 1939, Якутск) — якутский советский писатель, учёный-филолог и общественный деятель, основоположник якутской советской литературы[1].



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