{{short description|Soviet Chuvash writer and poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Ille Tuktash | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = {{Transliteration|ru|italic=no|Ilya Semyonov}} | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|7|29}} | birth_place = Bolshiye Toktashi village, Russian Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1957|1|20|1907|7|29}} | death_place = Cheboksary, Chuvashia, USSR | occupation = {{hlist|Writer|poet|folklorist}} | language = Chuvash, Russian | nationality = Chuvash | period = 1932–1957 | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Verses (1930)''<br>''First victory (1932)'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | signature = }} '''Ilya Semyonovich Tuktash''' ({{langx|ru|Илья Семёнович Тукташ}}), known in his native language as '''İlle Tuktaş''' ({{langx|cv|Илле Тукташ}}), was a Soviet Chuvash writer and poet. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers.<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article112707.html Тукташ Илья Семенович], Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref>
== Early life == Ille Tuktash was born in 1907 in the village of Bolshiye Toktashi, in the Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic. He graduated from Alikovo Middle School.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
== Career == {{unreferenced section|date=May 2022}} He was a reporter between 1942 and 1944.
He was the author of the collections ''Verses'' (1930) and ''The Wind of the October'' (1932), as well as short stories and essays. His novella ''Bull Ravine'' (1932) dealt with the collectivization of Chuvash villages. Tuktash translated into Chuvash ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' (with I. Ivnik), M. A. Sholokhov's ''The Quiet Don (book 1)'', and the short stories of M. Gorky. He is known as a compiler of Chuvash folklore.
Ille died on 20 January 1957 in Cheboksary.
Tuktash created a genre of lyrical poetry including "Grow, Motherland, Strengthen" ({{lang|cv|Ӳс, ҫӗршыв, хӑватлан}}, {{lang|cv-latn|Us, sjörskyv, håvatlan}}), "White Pidgeon" ({{lang|cv|Шурӑ кӑвакарчӑн}}, {{lang|cv-latn|Skorå kåvakartjån}}), and "O Motherland" ({{lang|cv|Тӑван ҫӗршыв}}, {{lang|cv-latn|Tåvan sjörskyv}}).
== Works == * «Сӑвӑсем» – Verses (1930) * «Пӗрремӗш ҫӗнтерӳ» – First victory (1932) * «Октябрь» – October * «Вӑкӑр ҫырми» – Bull's ravine (1933) * «Чечек ҫыххи» – Bunch of flowers (1939) * «Павел Лаптев» – Pavel Laptev (1944) * «Ҫӗр хуҫисем» – Terra owners (1954) * «Сӑвӑсемпе юрӑсем» – Verses and Songs (1958).
== Literature == * Iur’ev, M. Pisateli sovetskoi Chuvashii. Cheboksary, 1975. * Efimov L. I., "Элӗк Енӗ" (Alikovo District), Alikovo, 1994. * "Аликовская энциклопедия", editing: Efimov L. I., Efimov E. L., Anan'ev A. A., Terernt'ev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, {{ISBN|978-5-7670-1630-3}}. * "Чӑваш литературин антологийӗ", editing: Gordeev D. V., Silem J. A. Cheboksary, 2003. {{ISBN|5-7670-1279-2}} .
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== External links == * [http://www.lib.cap.ru/tuktash.asp Илья Семенович Тукташ (1907–1957). Поэт–песенник] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907035015/http://www.lib.cap.ru/tuktash.asp |date=7 September 2017 }} * [http://nasledie.nbchr.ru/personalii/people/tuktash/ Выдающиеся люди Чувашии : Тукташ Илья Семенович] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404231720/http://nasledie.nbchr.ru/personalii/people/tuktash/ |date=4 April 2012 }}
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