Shagdaryn Dulmaa
{{Short description|Mongolian poet and journalist (1934–2024)}}
Shagdaryn Dulmaa ({{Langx|mn|Шагдарын Дулмаа}}; 1934 – March 27, 2024) was a Mongolian poet and journalist.
Early life and education
Shagdaryn Dulmaa was born in 1934{{Cite book |last1=Dor |first1=R. |title=History of civilizations of Central Asia. 6: Towards the contemporary period: from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century |last2=Kara |first2=G. |date=2005 |publisher=UNESCO Publ |isbn=978-92-3-103985-0 |editor-last=Palat |editor-first=Madhavan K. |location=Paris |chapter=Literature in Turkic and Mongolian}}{{Cite news |date=2024-03-27 |title=Ардын уран зохиолч Ш.Дулмаа 90 насандаа таалал төгслөө |url=https://eguur.mn/484712/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |work=Eguur |language=mn}} in Sergelen, Töv, Mongolia, and grew up in nearby Bayan.{{Cite web |last=А |first=Сайханбаяр |date=2024-03-28 |title=ЭМГЭНЭЛ: Шагдарын Дулмаа Таныг Монголын ард түмэн, үе үеийн шавь нар тань үүрд дурсан санах болно |url=https://www.dobu.mn/?p=52178 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=DOBU |language=mn}}{{Cite web |last=Gantulga |first=Norovyn |title=Ардын уран зохиолч Шагдарын Дулмаа: Сэтгэлээ цэлмээж амьдрах юм бол муухай жил, муу амьдрал гэж байдаггүй |url=https://dnn.mn/news/ardin-uran-zokhiolch-shagdarin-dulmaa-setgelee-tselmee |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Daily News |language=mn}}
She studied linguistics and literature at the National University of Mongolia, graduating in 1954. She then traveled to the Soviet Union for further studies, first at the Komsomol Central School from 1955 to 1958, and then in the Communist Party Institute's journalism program from 1965 to 1967.
Career
Dulmaa was well known among Mongolian women poets.{{Cite web |date=2009-11-06 |title=Poetry Mongolia |url=https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=7181 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Write Out Loud |language=en-gb}}{{Cite journal |last1=Hovd University |last2=Urnukhdelger |first2=D. |date=2021 |title=The image of the father in Mongolian nomadic literature or why it is necessary to be a man |url=https://www.nomadic-kalmsu.ru/jour/article/view/33 |journal=Nomadic Civilization: Historical Research |pages=60–80 |doi=10.53315/2782-3377-2021-14-30-40-60-80|doi-access=free }}{{Cite news |date=2017-04-05 |title=Poetry and calligraphy exhibition opens |work=The UB Post}}{{Cite book |last=South |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1fBSX41-0eEC |title=In Their Own Words: Selected Writings by Journalists on Mongolia, 1997-1999 Part1f |date=1999 |publisher=DSConsulting |isbn=978-99929-50-43-2 |language=en}} She studied with other famous Mongolian poets such as Begziin Yavuukhulan. Her work earned her the nickname "Dulmaa, Queen of the Royal Family."
She published more than 20 poetry collections, beginning with Üüriin Tsolmon in 1966. Her writing touches on women's internal lives, gender roles in Mongolia, love, and patriotism for her country.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5JWYdDuO58C |title=Translations on Mongolia |date=1967 |publisher=Joint Publications Research Service |language=en}} Her poems have been set to music, with many of them becoming popular on Mongolian radio.{{Cite web |date=January 2013 |title=DÖRVÖN BERKH: QUATRE MAÎTRES DE CHANT DIPHONIQUE MONGOL |url=https://www.finoreille.com/fichier/o_media/9916/media_fichier_fr_cdm300113_mise.en.page.1.pdf |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Opera de lille |language=fr}}
She also worked as a journalist, spending 21 years with the Mongoliin Ünen newspaper's culture department, and publishing some 5,000 articles in various newspapers and magazines.{{Cite book |last=Marsh |first=Peter K. |title=The horse-head fiddle and the cosmopolitan reimagination of tradition in Mongolia |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-82080-7 |series=Current research in ethnomusicology |location=New York}} As a journalist, she was involved in the Mongolian Writers Union, and she taught and lectured on both literature and journalism.
Dulmaa also spent 14 years working for the Mongolian Ministry of Education and Culture.
Death and honors
For her poetry, Dulmaa was a winner of the Natsagdorj Literary Prize. She was named an Honored Cultural Worker (2007) and People's Writer of Mongolia (2014).{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=More Mongolian 2023 stamps |url=https://bittergrounds.com/more-mongolian-2023-stamps/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Bitter Grounds Magazine |language=en-CA}}
In 2023, she was honored with a 1,000 tugrik stamp depicting her.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title="Ардын уран зохиолч, яруу найрагч Ш.Дулмаа"-гийн марк гарлаа |url=https://www.montsame.mn/mn/read/320436 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=MONTSAME News Agency |language=en}} She died the following year.