Alitet Nemtushkin
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. References 1939 births 2006 deaths Writers from Irkutsk Evenks 20th-century Russian poets Russian people of indigenous Siberian descent 21st-century Russian poets Russian male poets Herzen University alumni