Bagrat Shinkuba
Georgian writer
Died when: 86 years 289 days (1041 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba (Abkhazian: Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба;
Russian: Баграт Васильевич Шинкуба; 12 May 1917 – 25 February 2004) was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician.
He studied history and languages of Abkhaz, Adyghe and Ubykh people.A prolific poet, Bagrat Shinkuba published First Songs, his first volume of poetry in 1935.
His novel The Last of the Departed is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years.
From 1953 to 1958, he was chair of the Writer's Union of Abkhazia.From 1958 to 1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR.
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