Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin [tuˈfɑn miˈŋulin] (Tatar: Туфан Габдулла улы Миңнуллин, Russian: Миннулин Туфан Абдуллович, Minnulin Tufan Abdullovich) was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan parliament) since 1990. International PEN club member (since 1996).
He was born on 25 August 1935 in the village of Bolshoe Meretkozino in the Tatarstan’s Kamskoe Ustie region.
Miñnullin died on 2 May 2012.[1]