Glory to the Ground (poems) Karlugas (play) Bayezit Bikbay (Bashkir: Баязит Биҡбай, full name Bayezit Gayazovich Bikbay; 9 January 1909 – 2 September 1968), was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer and playwright.
He subsequently published Beyond the Forest, Bright Land, and The Libretto, which was based on stories of the life of Bashkir national hero Salawat Yulayev.
During World War II, Bikbay was unable to serve along the Eastern Front for health reasons.
During this time, Bikbay published I Praise the Earth, Fire Line, Homeland Calling (Watan Saҡyra, 1943) and Children of the Same Family (Ber Tuғandar, 1944).
Over the course of his career, Bikbay wrote more than forty books, poetry collections, essays, short stories, plays, and libretti.