Career
Qutuy moved to Kazan in 1922, and 5 year later gained recognition as one of five the most prominent Tatar writer Impressed by Mayakovsky, he established Tatar analogue of LEF, SULF, id est (that is) Sul Front – Left Front.
In 1930, after Cidegän affair was concocted, he was imprisoned.
However, he managed to prove guiltiness and was released after 8 month of trial. After this, he wrote his the most prominent novels.
In 1941 he volunteered to the Red Army to fight against Nazis in the World World War World War II In 1944 he became a war correspondent. In March 1945 he caught a cold and eventually dead in hospital.
His early verses, such as published in Könnär yögergändä (When the Days Fly, 1924) contributed to futurism.
A poem Talantlar watanı (The Birthplace of the Talents, 1937), novels Soltannıñ ber köne (One day of the of Soltan, 1938), Wocdan ğazabı (The Torments of Conscience, 1939) are about role of intelligentsia in society. The most prominent writing of Qutuy is a lyrical novel Tapşırılmağan xatlar (Letters, which were not sent, 1936). He also wrote a science-fiction Röstäm macaraları (The Adventures of Röstäm, 1945).
Qutuy wrote several plays: Baldızqay (Sister-in-law, 1926), Qazan (The Cauldron, 1927), Cawap, (Answer, 1929).
The complete publishing of his writings issued after his death include Publitsistika (1957) and İlham (1982). In Kazan there is a street Ğädel Qutuy.
