Author: Musa Mustafovich Dzhalil'
Alternate names: Муса Джалиль; Musa Cälil; Муса Җәлил; Musa Çəlil
Born: 15 February 1905
Died: 25 August 1944
Bio: Musa Cälil (Tatar: Муса Җәлил, Russian: Муса Джалиль) was a Soviet–Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his resistance fighting and the Lenin Prize for having written The Moabit Notebooks; both awards were bestowed upon him posthumously.