Background
ALTAUZEN, Yakov was born on December 14, 1907 in the Lena area. Son of a gold-digger.
ALTAUZEN, Yakov was born on December 14, 1907 in the Lena area. Son of a gold-digger.
Studied at a higher lit art Institute and a university.
At age 11 ran away from home and lived in Harbin and Shanghai. Worked at Irkutsk tannery. 1922 published first verse in Irkutsk.
Member, Pereval (The Pass) lit group. Contributed to Krasnaya nov’, Molodaya gvardiya and other journals. At outset of World War 2 joined Soviet Army.
Wrote a number of war poems.