Bagrat Shinkuba
Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba (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.
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Bagrat Shinkuba on a 1999 stamp of Abkhazia | |
| Native name | Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба |
| Born | May 12, 1917 Chlou, Ochamchira District, Sukhum Okrug, Kutais Governorate, Imperial Russia |
| Died | February 25, 2004 (aged 86) Sukhum, Republic of Georgia |
| Notable works | Chanta's Arrival (1968) The Last of the Departed (1974) |
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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