Vladimir Gagloyev ( Ossetian: Гаглойты Владимир; 1 February 1927 in Dodot, Tskhinvali District, South Ossetia – 12 February 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was an Ossetian writer, playwright and publicist.
He studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, after graduating from university he returned to South Ossetia. [1]
From 1968 to 1976 he worked as editor-in-chief of the magazine Fidiuaeg (Ossetian: Фидиуæг, lit. 'Herald'). [1]
He was one of the people who contributed the most to the development of Ossetian theater. In particular, he translated into Ossetian A Profitable Position by Alexander Ostrovsky as well as plays by other authors like Aleksei Arbuzov and Nikolai Virta for production on the stage of the South Ossetian State Drama Theatre . [1]
Gagloev is the author of the plays Unconquered People (1952), My Family (1955), Zalina (1957), which were staged at the South Ossetian State Drama Theatre. [2] His novels Awakening and Ossetian Legend were published in relatively large print runs in Russian.