Reception of Ayaz Gilyazov’s novel “The Wound” by Turkish readers

In the literary text, writers express their worldview through their people's history and way of life, revealing their national mentality and demonstrating linguistic, visual and artistic resources of their native people. The article clarifies the issue of other people's perception of the famous Tatar writer Ayaz Gilyazov's novel “Yara” (“The Wound”), which was translated into Turkish by Fatih Kutlu in 2018. To this end, we analyzed and evaluated the critical articles, the opinions of readers and the works of master's students, related to this work and published in Turkish. Literary translation is the most important method that makes it possible to convey the results achieved in the cultural life and in the literary process to other peoples, thereby achieving mutual understanding between different nations. The exchange of national heritage leads to the literary and cultural dialogue. The article raises the issue of promoting Tatar literature in the literary space of the Turkic world and the world as a whole. The article clarifies the main conditions for the positive perception of Ayaz Gilyazov's work by Turkish readers, and its psychological impact reflecting the Tatar reality and transmitted in translation. The theme of war cannot leave other Turkic peoples indifferent, while the traditions of the Tatar people resonate with the Turkish audience. It is noted that the language of the work has not lost its originality in translation, as the translator has the ability to convey the writer's thought with all its depth and integrity.