Dashdorjiyn Natsagdorj
Mongolian writer
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modern Mongolian literature
- In Mongolian literature: The 20th century and beyond
Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj (Nachugdorji), one of the founders of modern literature in Mongolia, introduced new genres and subjects through, for instance, his patriotic poems Minii nutag (“My Motherland”) and Tüükhiin shüleg (“Verses on History”), both on revolution and tradition, as well as through Erkh chölöö khüsekhüi…
Read More - In Mongolia: The arts
…and short stories written by Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj in the 1930s were taken up by the communist authorities as examples of Mongolian “socialist realism.” His best-known poem, “My Home” (“Minii Nutag”), praises the natural beauty of Mongolia. He also wrote an opera about the revolution known as Uchirtai gurvan tolgoi (“Three…
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