Leonid Vasilyevich Laptsui
He was born on February 28, 1929 in a camp in the Yamal tundra near the village of Novy Port in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. One of the most favorite childhood hobbies of the future writer was folk songs, legends, which were sung in the chums by Nenets storytellers. After his father’s death in 1939, he remained the only breadwinner in the family. To feed his mother and younger brothers, he worked on an equal basis with adults at the Krasny Rybak collective farm from the age of ten.
In 1951, he graduated from the Novoportovsk seven-year boarding school, entered the Salekhard Medical School with a degree in paramedic. In the early days of his studies, Leonid met Ivan Grigoryevich Istomin, editor of the Nenets-language page of the Nyaryana Ngerm editorial office of the district newspaper Krasny Sever. Later, he got a job at this newspaper as a translator and freelance correspondent. Having come under the influence of I.G. Istomin, Laptsui began to write poems and short stories (later he would dedicate a poem to Istomin — "Iri"). In 1952 Laptsui showed Istomin his first story "In the Snow of the Pestovs", which was highly appreciated. After graduating from college in 1954, he was sent to the Central Komsomol School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Moscow. In 1960 Leonid Vasilyevich joined the Union of Journalists of the USSR. At that time, his first book of poetry "Bloom my Yamal!" was published in the Tyumen Book Publishing House in the Nenets language, at that time he studied at the Higher Party School in Sverdlovsk. In 1964, he was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR. From 1964 to 1968, he worked as an instructor in the propaganda and agitation department of the district Committee of the CPSU. He was an instructor at the organizational department of the Yamalo-Nenets Regional Executive Committee in 1968−1974. In the 1970s, three poetry collections "Blue Snows", "Tundra", "Iri", and the poem "Edeyka" were published in various publications of the Soviet Union. In 1974−1982. The writer headed the district newspaper "Nyaryana Ngerm" ("Red North"). In 1981, Leonid Vasilyevich was awarded the title of "Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR". He died in Salekhard on February 14, 1982. In the same year, Leonid Vasilyevich Laptsui was named after the Salekhard Inter-district School of Culture and Arts.
More than 30 of his books in Russian and Nenets have been published in various publishing houses of the country. The works have been translated into foreign languages and the languages of the peoples of the Soviet Union. On January 1, 1994, an apartment museum named after the writer was opened in Salekhard. On November 25, 2015, the Novoportovsk boarding school was named after Leonid Vasilyevich Laptsui.
In 1951, he graduated from the Novoportovsk seven-year boarding school, entered the Salekhard Medical School with a degree in paramedic. In the early days of his studies, Leonid met Ivan Grigoryevich Istomin, editor of the Nenets-language page of the Nyaryana Ngerm editorial office of the district newspaper Krasny Sever. Later, he got a job at this newspaper as a translator and freelance correspondent. Having come under the influence of I.G. Istomin, Laptsui began to write poems and short stories (later he would dedicate a poem to Istomin — "Iri"). In 1952 Laptsui showed Istomin his first story "In the Snow of the Pestovs", which was highly appreciated. After graduating from college in 1954, he was sent to the Central Komsomol School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Moscow. In 1960 Leonid Vasilyevich joined the Union of Journalists of the USSR. At that time, his first book of poetry "Bloom my Yamal!" was published in the Tyumen Book Publishing House in the Nenets language, at that time he studied at the Higher Party School in Sverdlovsk. In 1964, he was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR. From 1964 to 1968, he worked as an instructor in the propaganda and agitation department of the district Committee of the CPSU. He was an instructor at the organizational department of the Yamalo-Nenets Regional Executive Committee in 1968−1974. In the 1970s, three poetry collections "Blue Snows", "Tundra", "Iri", and the poem "Edeyka" were published in various publications of the Soviet Union. In 1974−1982. The writer headed the district newspaper "Nyaryana Ngerm" ("Red North"). In 1981, Leonid Vasilyevich was awarded the title of "Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR". He died in Salekhard on February 14, 1982. In the same year, Leonid Vasilyevich Laptsui was named after the Salekhard Inter-district School of Culture and Arts.
More than 30 of his books in Russian and Nenets have been published in various publishing houses of the country. The works have been translated into foreign languages and the languages of the peoples of the Soviet Union. On January 1, 1994, an apartment museum named after the writer was opened in Salekhard. On November 25, 2015, the Novoportovsk boarding school was named after Leonid Vasilyevich Laptsui.