Life
Kotsoyev was born to a poor family in the Ossetian countryside (the village of Gizel, close to Vladikavkaz). At the age of nine he was enrolled in the local school. There he found a large collection of books; reading those books enriched his education. After school Kotsoyev studied at the Ardon Orthodox Seminary. A sudden illness made the young man leave the seminary. He returned to Gizel and began writing short essays for newspapers of the North Caucasus. He also worked as a teacher at the local school.
In 1902 Kotsoyev took part in the uprising at Gizel; this caused his expulsion from the region. He chose to go to South Ossetia, where he continued to work as a teacher and write short stories and essays.
In 1910 he began publishing a magazine called "Æфсир" (Æfsir, ear ) based in Tiflis (today's Tbilisi, Georgia). Only 14 issues of the magazine were made, but it had an immense impact on Ossetian literature and journalism. Many masterpieces of Ossetian literature were first published in Æfsir.
In the year 1912 Kotsoyev moved to Saint Petersburg, where he worked in many places, including Vladmir Lenin's famous newspaper Pravda. Though he was raised in the Ossetian countryside, because of his strong education, Kotsoyev knew the Russian language well enough to enable him to proofread a Russian language newspaper.
After the October Revolution, Kotsoyev's fame grew. He worked for different newspapers and magazines and worked in education and related fields. He died in Vladikavkaz and was buried in the yard of the Literature Museum.
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