Sergey Davidovich Izgiyayev (Russian: Сергей Давидович Изгияев; Hebrew: סרגיי איזגיאייב; born 24 November 1922 – 27 July 1972) was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, the author of nine books of poetry and five plays, the translator and creator of lyrics for more than thirty songs (nine of which were produced by Moscow's firm Melodiya on Gramophone records).

Sergey Izgiyayev was born in Myushkyur, a village located south-east of the town of Derbent, in the Republic of Dagestan, on the river Gyul'gerychay.

[3] In 1939, the regional newspaper Red Star (in the language of the Mountain Jews) published a large collection of his poems.

From 1961 he served as the chairman of a collective farm (kolkhoz), and was the head of the department of culture of Derbent District Executive Committee, among other leadership positions.

He also translated the libretto of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's opera Layla and Majnun, and poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Suleyman Stalsky, Gamzat Tsadasa, Rasul Gamzatov and other poets.

Izgiyayev's son David commented on this in an article:[1] "My father was friends with Rasul Gamzatov, who repeatedly visited my father at a party, but I particularly remember his visit with Murat Kazhlaev (composer of Dagestan), to finalize the book to print…"About thirty of Sergey Izgiyayev's poems became songs.

Those included: In 1959, along with many other poets, Sergey Izgiyayev published his poems in a literary anthology (Juhuri:Сесгьой жовонгьо) – Voices of the Young.