The presented publication is devoted to these two dates. The article traces the dramatic and tragic events of the life and work of this original Ossetian writer. The author notes that the life and creative way of Arnigon has not been the subject of special consideration so far. There are only a few articles that cover the basic facts of his biography. The presented material is an attempt to combine disparate biographical data, to give a more complete picture of the stages of its civil and creative development. Arnigon spent much of his conscious life far from Ossetia. The presented material is an attempt to combine disparate biographical data, to give a more complete picture of the stages of its civil and creative development. Arnigon spent much of his conscious life far from Ossetia. Like thousands of Ossetian youths, he left his father's house in search of a better life, and for many years lived in the Far East, Manchuria. The main purpose of the young man was not wealth: "I went North to find knowledge" and to return "to Ossetia strong as a lion", – he wrote in one of his poems. Nevertheless his efforts were labeled "nationalistic" and "counterrevolutionary". He was executed by a firing squad in 1938, at the age of 49. His literary legacy is not large, and only a small part of it is available for the readers. His life experience is summarized with metaphorical accuracy in Shamil Dzhigkaev's sonnet, that concludes the tragic life and destiny of the classic of Ossetian literature of the beginning of the XX century.

Keywords: Ilas Arnigon (Gazak Toguzov), Ossetian literature, Ossetian writer, poetry, repressed writers, Ossetian grammar

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