Sagit Agish

Sagit Agish (Сәғит Агиш, Саги́т Аги́ш, real name Сәғит Ишмөхәммәт улы Агишев, Саги́т Ишмухаме́тович Аги́шев; 7 January 1905 – 21 May 1973) was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.

Early life
Sagit Agish was born as Sagit Ishmukhametovich Agishev on 19 January 1905 in the village of Isangildy, Orenburgsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate (now Alexandrovsky District, Orenburg Oblast). He attended Khusaniya School. He later studied at the Orenburg Bashkir Pedagogical College and the Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute.

Literary career
Agish began writing in the 1930s. He started by writing prose. His earliest stories, “Makhmutov” (1939), “Guys” (1939), and “In Mazin’s House” (1940) portrayed life in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

Books
Agish wrote frequently about the Soviet Union. His books Ilmurza, A Horseman (1942), Akhmadulla (1944), To the Front (1944) and My Three Months (1944) are about tales of patriotism in the Soviet Union. He wrote one novel, Foundation (1951), on Bashkir village life. His other notable books include Selected Stories (1953), Two Dawns (1961), By the River (1961), On the Way (1967) and Gnedko (1972).