Musa Cälil

Musa Cälil
Musa Cälil 1930s.
Native name
Муса Җәлил
Born
Musa Mostafa ulı Cälilev

15 February [O.S. 2 February] 1906
Died25 August 1944(1944-08-25) (aged 38)
OccupationPoet, playwright, journalist, editor, resistance fighter
NationalitySoviet
PeriodInterwar period
Notable awardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Stalin Prize
SpouseÄminä Zalilova
ChildrenÇulpan Zalilova

Musa Cälil (Tatar: Муса Җәлил, Tatar pronunciation: [muˈsɑ ʑæˈlil]; Russian: Муса Джалиль, romanizedMusa Dzhalil; 15 February [O.S. 2 February] 1906 – 25 August 1944) was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter during World War II. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting and the Lenin Prize for having written The Moabit Notebooks; both awards were bestowed upon him posthumously.