Galiaskar Kamal

غالياسكار كمال

6 January 1879 CE · 12 Muharram 1296 AH† – 16 June 1933 CE · 23 Safar 1352 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Tatar playwright (1879–1933), regarded as the founder of modern Tatar drama and the father of the Tatar theatre. Born at Kazan into a furrier craftsman's family and formed at the Ğosmaniyä and Möxämmädiyä madrasas, he wrote his first play in 1900, worked in the Säyyär troupe as actor and playwright, received the Hero of Labour title in 1923, and is commemorated today in the name of the Tatar Academic Theatre at Kazan.