| Ille Toktash | |
|---|---|
| Born | Toktash Il’ya Semenovich May 7, 1907 Bolshiye Toktashi village, Russia |
| Died | January 20, 1957 (aged 49) Cheboksary, Chuvashia, USSR |
| Occupation | writer, poet and folklorist |
| Language | Chuvash, Russian |
| Nationality | Chuvash |
| Period | 1932–1957 |
| Notable work(s) | Verses (1930) First victory (1932) |
Ille Toktash (Russian: Илья́ Семёнович Тукта́ш, Chuvash: Илле Тукташ) (29.July, 1907 in Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic – 20.Jan, 1957) was a Chuvash, writer and poet. He was a USSR Union of Writers member (1934)[1].
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Ille Toktash born 29.July, 1907 year in Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic.
He graduated from Alikovo middle school.
Ille Toktash participated in World War II between 1942 and 1944 as a reporter.
He was the author of the collections Verses (1930) and The Wind of October (1932), as well as short stories and essays. His novella Bull Ravine (1932) dealt with the collectivization of a Chuvash village. 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 also known as a compiler of Chuvash folklore.
Ille Toktash died in 20.Jan, 1957 year in Cheboksary (Chuvashia).