Ivan Kuratov
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Komi Republic
The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...
— in Verny, current Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
) was a Komi poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and linguist
Linguistics
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, seen as renovator of Komi literature.
Kuratov began writing verses at age 13, while studying in a seminary
Seminary
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, and was engaged in poetry until his death. The most fruitful period of his life were the years spent in the town of Ust-Sysolsk, where Kuratov settled after unsuccessful attempt to continue his education in Moscow. Here he taught country children, worked on linguistics and wrote poetry. During his lifetime Ivan Kuratov published only five poems, under a pseudonym.
He is the subject of Serge Noskov
Serge Noskov
Serge Noskov is a composer. In 1986 he graduated from Gorky State Conservatoire as a composer, as well as a music theory and history teacher...
's 2009 opera Kuratov
Kuratov (opera)
Kuratov is an opera by the composer Serge Noskov. It was the first ever opera in the Komi language. It received its premiere at the State Opera House, Syktyvkar, the chief city of the Komi Republic, in the Russian Federation on 2 October 2009.In 2008 Noskov began to rework an unpublished verse...
, the first in the Komi language.