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Akim Samar

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Akim Samar
Native name
Аким Дмитриевич Самар
Born1916
Russian Far East
Died1943
Battle of Stalingrad
OccupationPoet and novelist
LanguageNanai
NationalitySoviet
EducationInstitute of the Peoples of the North
Notable worksSongs of the Nanai, Poems, A Poor Man's Son

Akim Dmitriyevich Samar (Russian: Аким Дмитриевич Самар, 1916–1943) was a Soviet poet and novelist regarded as the first Nanai-language writer.

Born in the Russian Far East in 1916, Samar was a student at Institute of the Peoples of the North in Leningrad and joined the Red Army after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. He died at the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. His works included the poetry collections Songs of the Nanai (1938) and Poems (1940) and the 1941 novel A Poor Man's Son.

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