Background
PYRERKA, Anton was born in 1905.
writer and translator Nenets scholar
PYRERKA, Anton was born in 1905.
1932 graduate Communist University of Workers of the East. Postgraduate studies at Institute od Peoples of the North.
Associate, Institute of Language and Thinking, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. Specialized in language and folklore of Nenets people. Pioneer of Nenets literature
From 1932 published some dozen textbooks and teaching aids for Nents schools. First to translate Pushkin into Nenets. Compiled sveral collections of Nents folklore and first Russian-Nenets dictionary.
Communist Party member from 1930.