Alitet Nemtushkin
Evenki poet
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| Intro | Evenki poet | |
| was | Poet Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 12 November 1939 | |
| Death | 4 November 2006Krasnoyarsk (aged 67 years) |
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Alitet Nikolaevich Nemtushkin (Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia 12 November 1939 - 2006) was an Evenk-Russian poet known for writing in and about his Native Evenki language. He has received wide recognition in and outside of Russia, and his work is used by UNESCO to cultivate attention to the problem of Language Endangerment He has published more than 31 books of poetry, most of them in Russian, but some in Evenki.