Background
NIGER, Ivan was born in 1896 in village Sindzisar, Ossetia.
Ossetian poet and literary historian
NIGER, Ivan was born in 1896 in village Sindzisar, Ossetia.
1917 graduate Ardon Theological Seminary. 1930 graduate Literature Faculty, North Ossetian Teachers’ Training Institute. 1932 completed postgraduate course at above institute
Fought in Civil War in Northern Ossetia. 1920 first work published. Wrote studies of K. Khetachurov, Ts.
Tadiyev and the Nart epics, et cetera Wrote poetry mainly on Soviet themes, glorifying October Revol and new life under Soviet regime.