Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin [tuˈfɑn miˈŋnulin] (Tatar: Туфан Габдулла улы Миңнуллин, Russian: 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).

Tufan Miñnullin
Native name
Туфан Миңнуллин
Born(1935-08-25)August 25, 1935
Bol'shoe Meretkozino, Kamsko-Ustyinsky, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedMay 2, 2012(2012-05-02) (aged 76)
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Occupation
Alma materMikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School,
Notable awardsPeople's Artist of the RSFSR,

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]

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  1. ^ "Tatar playwright Tufan Minnullin passes away".
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