Jakypbekov Ashim
Screenwriter. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1973. Born on August 12, 1935, in the village of Sheker, Kirov District of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. He studied for six years in his native village and then two years at the Ak-Chiy Secondary School in the village of Suulu-Maymak. He completed his secondary education in Frunze at boarding school No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin.
In 1953, A. Jakypbekov entered the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. After graduating in 1958, he worked in the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too." From 1961 to 1964, he taught Russian language at Sheker Eight-Year School. From 1964 to 1965, he was a senior editor-consultant at the State Committee for Printing under the Council of Ministers of the Kyrgyz SSR. From 1965 to 1969, he was the head of the children's literature editorial office at the "Mektep" publishing house. From 1969 to 1972, he served as the deputy chief editor of the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio. Since 1972, he has been the chief editor of "Kyrgyzfilm."
A. Jakypbekov began publishing while still in school. In 1951, his poem "May Day" was published in the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneri." Since 1957, he has regularly contributed stories and novellas to newspapers and magazines. In 1961, he published his first book "The Wounded Dove" (in Kyrgyz) at the "Mektep" publishing house. Five years later, the novella "The Harsh Path" (in Kyrgyz) was released there, and a year after that, a collection of stories "Crimson Clouds" (in Russian) was published. In 1970, the writer released a collection of stories and novellas "We Grew Up Without Fathers" (in Kyrgyz) at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house.
A. Jakypbekov is engaged in translating works of world classics.
In 1965, he published the book "Selected Novellas" by S. Zweig at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house. In 1969, M. Lermontov's "A Hero of Our Time" was translated into Kyrgyz. In 1977, A. Jakypbekov's translation of M. Gorky's play "At the Bottom" was staged at the Osh Kyrgyz Drama Theater. The writer's work was awarded a prize and diploma from the Ministry of Culture of the USSR for the best translation.
Since the early 1960s, A. Jakypbekov has shown great interest in cinema. He writes articles and reviews for republican newspapers. Upon joining the studio, he became a qualified editor and screenwriter. He participated in creating the script for the film "Scarlet Poppies of Issyk-Kul" (directed by B. Shamsiev). Then, in collaboration with L. Dyadyuchenko, he wrote the script "The Eye of the Needle," which was realized by director G. Bazarov in 1976 and published in the almanac "Film Scripts. 1975" by the State Cinema of the USSR.
A. Jakypbekov edited the films "The Tale of Art" (1974), "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" (1974), "Kanybek" (1978) by G. Bazarov, "Chingiz Aitmatov" (1979), and several essays.
Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR since 1975.
Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1963.
BOOKS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS
A New Film About Youth (in Kyrgyz).— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," 1964, March 22.
Competition (in Kyrgyz).— "Lenin's Youth," 1964, September 18.
Literary Script and Cinematography (in Kyrgyz).— "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," 1967, May 31.
"The Pasture of Bakai" (in Kyrgyz).— "Kyrgyzstan Culture," 1967, January 13.
Kyrgyz Documentary Cinema (in Kyrgyz).— "Communist," 1977, No. 1, p. 18.
"The Eye of the Needle."— "Film Scripts. Almanac - 1975." Moscow, State Cinema, 1975, pp. 143-170.
Back to "Naryn Diary."— "Literary Kyrgyzstan," 1974, No. 1, pp. 95-98.