| Tufan Miñnullin | |
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| Birth Date: | 25 August 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Bol'shoe Meretkozino, Kamsko-Ustyinsky, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia |
| Alma Mater: | Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, |
| Awards: | People's Artist of the RSFSR, |
Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin in Tatar pronounced as /tuˈfɑn miˈŋnulin/ (tt-Cyrl|Туфан Габдулла улы Миңнуллин, ru|Миннулин Туфан Абдуллович, Minnulin Tufan Abdullovich) was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan parliament) since 1990. International PEN club member (since 1996).
He was born on 25 August 1935 in a Tatar family in the village of Bolshoe Meretkozino in the Tatarstan’s Kamskoe Ustie region.
Miñnullin died on 2 May 2012.[1]