BIISHEVA, Zaynab Abdullovna

BIISHEVA, Zaynab Abdullovna [2.1.1908, Derevnya Tuyembetovo of Orenburgsky Uyezd of the same name gub. (now Kugarchinsky Raion of the RB) — 24.8.1996, Ufa]. People’s Writer of the BASSR (1990). Laureate of the BASSR Award named after Salavat Yulayev (1968). Awarded with the Order of the Badge of Honour (1960, 1968, and 1976). Member of the Union of Writers of the RB. Author of the novels Kunsylu (1949), Strange Man (1960), Duma, Duma... (1963), narrations Love and Hate (1964), Master and Apprentice (1965), works of drama Friendship (1950), Magic kuray (1957), Magic Ring (1959), Vow (1966), Zulkhiza (1981) and trilogy Towards the Light.