Bagrat Shinkuba

{{Short description|Abkhazian writer and political figure (1917-2004)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Bagrat Shinkuba

| notable_works = Chanta's Arrival (1968)
The Last of the Departed (1974)

| image = Bagrat Shinkuba.jpg

| caption = Bagrat Shinkuba on a 1999 stamp of Abkhazia

| native_name = Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба

| native_name_lang = ab

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|05|12}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|02|25|1917|05|12}}

| birth_place = Chlou, Ochamchira District, Sukhum Okrug, Kutais Governorate, Imperial Russia

| death_place = Sukhum, Republic of Georgia

}}

Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba{{efn|{{langx|ab|Баграҭ Уасыл-иҧа Шьынқәба}}; {{langx|ru|Баграт Васильевич Шинкуба}}}} (12 May 1917 – 25 February 2004) was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician. He studied history and languages of Abkhaz, Adyghe and Ubykh people. A prolific poet, Bagrat Shinkuba published First Songs, his first volume of poetry in 1935. His novel The Last of the Departed is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years.{{Cite web |title=Bagrat Shinkuba {{!}} Abkhazian writer and political figure {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bagrat-Shinkuba |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1052102910 |title=The Abkhazians : a handbook |date=2013 |others=B. G. Hewitt |isbn=978-1-136-80212-6 |location=[Place of publication not identified] |oclc=1052102910}}

From 1953 to 1958, he was chair of the Writer's Union of Abkhazia. From 1958 to 1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR.

File:Abkhazia 10 apsar Ag 2009 Shinkuba b.jpg commemorative coin minted in 2009 featuring Bagrat Shinkuba]]