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Vladimir Gagloyev

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Vladimir Gagloev street in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia.

Vladimir Gagloyev (Ossetian: Гаглойты Владимир; 1 February 1927 in Dodot, Tskhinvali District, South Ossetia – 12 February 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was an Ossetian writer, playwright and publicist.

Biography

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He studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, after graduating from university he returned to South Ossetia.[1]

From 1968 to 1976 he worked as editor-in-chief of the magazine Fidiuaeg (Ossetian: Фидиуæг, lit.'Herald').[1]

He was one of the people who contributed the most to the development of Ossetian theater. In particular, he translated into Ossetian A Profitable Position by Alexander Ostrovsky as well as plays by other authors like Aleksei Arbuzov and Nikolai Virta for production on the stage of the South Ossetian State Drama Theatre [ru].[1]

Gagloev is the author of the plays Unconquered People (1952), My Family (1955), Zalina (1957), which were staged at the South Ossetian State Drama Theatre.[2] His novels Awakening and Ossetian Legend were published in relatively large print runs in Russian.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Имени выдающегося осетинского писателя и драматурга". respublikarso.org (in Russian). 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  2. ^ С. С. Мокульский, ed. (1961). Театральная энциклопедия. Vol. 1, А — «Глобус». Советская энциклопедия.