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Nemir GollandRussian poet, author of two books. Founder of the Magnitogorsk city literary association "Red Sun".
Date of Birth: 10.09.1928
Country:  Russia |
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Birth and Family
Nemir Holland was born on September 10, 1928, in Kazan, Russia. His father, Moisei Solomonovich Golland, an engineer in the water supply system, descended from Dutch Jews, hence the surname. His mother, Tatyana Grigoryevna Kaminskaya, was a laboratory technician, educated as a chemist.
Relocation to Magnitogorsk
In 1934 and 1937, Holland's parents moved to Magnitogorsk in two stages and settled in the Karadyrka settlement. He attended schools No. 16 and No. 8.
Education and Career
Holland enrolled in Ural State University in 1946, completing his first year. He then worked in Mongolia on the construction of a highway between Tashkent and Beijing. In 1953, he returned to Magnitogorsk and became a member of the city's literary association led by K. Nefediev.
In 1963, Holland entered Magnitogorsk State Pedagogical Institute (now University). The following year, he founded and led the alternative literary association "Krasnoe Solnyshko" ("Red Sun"), based in the Builders Library.
Literary Career
Holland's debut poetry collection, "Tyagotenie" ("Gravitation"), was published by Yugo-Uralskoe Knizhnoe Izdatelstvo in 1968. He received his diploma in Russian language and literature in 1970. For many years, he worked at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine and retired from the repair and construction department of MMC.
His second poetry collection, "Posledniy Chibis" ("The Last Lapwing"), was published by Alkyon in 2005 as part of the "Literature of Magnitka: Selected" series.
Legacy
Holland led the "Krasnoe Solnyshko" literary association for several years, where poets such as Y. Kostarev, V. Tumanov, B. Popov, Y. Ilyasov, G. Gazizulin, G. Leshchinskaya, and V. Novikov received their training. His son, Grigory, became a renowned avant-garde artist and passed away in 2002.
