Judeo-Tat literature

[1] The most popular narrators of folklore at the beginning of the 20th century were Mordecai ben Avshalom (1860–1925),[2][3] Shaul Simandu (1856–1939),[4] Khizgil Dadashev (1860–1945)[5] and Aibolo of Tarki.

[6][7][8] In 1904, Rabbi Yeshayahu Rabinovich was among the first[6] to create literary works in the Juhuri language for a Judeo-Tat theatre group in the city of Derbent.

Playwrights who wrote for the first Mountain-Jewish amateur theatrical troupes include Yakov Agarunov (1907–1992),[11] (Juhuri: Падшох, рабби ва ошир) - Tsar, rabbi and the rich man, Herzl Gorsky (Ravvinovich) (1904–1937?

From the end of 1934 until the termination of publishing and cultural activities in the Judeo-Tat language in Azerbaijan in 1938, a Judeo-Tat literary circle existed in Baku under the newspaper Kommunist (editor-in-chief Yakov Agarunov) and the Mountain-Jewish department of the Azerbaijan State Publishing House, which was headed by Yakov Agarunov and Yuno Semenov.

In the second half of the 1930s the playwright Mishi Bakhshiev wrote a play (Juhuri: Бесгуни игидхо) - Victory of the Heroes (1936) about the civil war in Dagestan.

Yuno Semenov continued to play a significant role in the dramaturgy of the 1930s, writing his drama (Juhuri: Дю бирор) - "Two brothers".

In the late 1930s, novelist, poet and playwright Hizgil Avshalumov published a large story (Juhuri: Басгуни джовонхо) - "The Victory of the Young", 1940, it appeared with essays and feuilletons.

The story (Juhuri: Занбирор) - "Sister-in-law" is about the life of the Mountain Jews social elite in Derbent on the eve and during the revolution and in the first years of Soviet Union power.

In his novel (Juhuri: Кук гудил) - "The son of the mummer", 1974, Avshalumov gave a detailed description of the Mountain Jew farmer and his centuries-old traditional way of life.

Later, Hizgil Avshalumov created a folklore image of the witty (Juhuri:Шими Дербенди) - Shimi from Derbent[24][25] (Mountain Jewish analogue of Hershel of Ostropol)[26] The Great Purge of 1936–38 caused a cruel blow to the Judeo-Tat literature.

During the World War II years of the Soviet Union with Germany (1941-45), most figures of the Judeo-Tat literature were drafted into the army.

In 2007, published the book (Juhuri: Духдер эн дуь бебе) "Daughter of two fathers", which includes the play of the same name and fairy tales.