Vaślejĕ Mitta or Vasiliy Yegorovich Mitta (Russian: Василий Егорович Митта, Chuvash: Митта Ваҫлейӗ, (1908-03-05)March 5, 1908 Bolshiye Arabosy, Simbirsk, Russian Empire - (1957-06-10)June 10, 1957; Bolshiye Arabosy, Chuvash ASSR, USSR) was a Soviet Chuvash poet and novelist, translator, essayist and author of the literary-critical articles.
[1][2][3] Mitta was born in Bolshiye Arabosy (Большие Арабуси) settlement (present-day the village of Pervomayskoye of Batyrevsky District, Chuvashia) of Buinsky Uyezd in the Simbirsk Governorate of the Russian Empire to a Chuvash peasant family.
In 1955-1957 he worked in the literary journal Tăvan Atăl (Тӑван Атӑл).
As a child he developed an interest in the poetry of Alexander Pushkin and the stories of Nikolai Gogol.
He also translated works of famous Russian writers and poets.