THE CREATIVE HERITAGE OF OMAR ETHESOV IN THE HISTORY OF BALKARIAN CULTURE
The article examines the work of one of the pioneers of professional Balkar literature Omar Etezov (1913-1964) in the historical and literary context of the 1930s-1960s and defines its role in the history of spiritual culture of the people. The literary heritage of the writer (poetry, fiction, drama, journalism) in a peculiar way refracted the main artistic ideas in the national culture of the last century, and in this sense it is of historical, cultural and scientific interest. Dramatic periods in the fate of Omar Etezov (the Great Patriotic war, deportation), like many figures of national culture, were reflected in his creative biography. Many manuscripts of the author's works were lost, and some remained unpublished during his lifetime. Among the latter are the novels "Aslan", "In the fire of war", the poem "Tower of Narts", and the drama "Glory". Based on the research of previous researchers, an attempt is made to recreate a complete picture of the creative evolution of the writer, which made it possible to determine the degree of his influence on the development of culture as a whole. In the process of understanding the creative path of Omar Etezov, bibliographic inaccuracies related to the chronology of the writer's publications (the trilogy "In the narrows"), the definition of the genre status of individual works were identified and eliminated. As a result of the research, the dynamics of Omar Etezov's literary activity is traced, and artistic, social and philosophical dominants that emphasize the creative individuality of the writer are noted. Taking into account the existing gaps in research practice, adjustments were made to the creative biography of the master of the artistic word and its worthy place in the history of Balkar culture was determined.