Prose writer K. Bayalynov was born on September 25, 1902—September 3, 1979, in the Kotmaldy area (village of Kok-Moynok, now in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region) in a family of semi-nomadic middle peasants. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by relatives. During the events of 1916, he found himself in China among refugees. After the Great October Revolution, upon returning to his homeland, he worked as a laborer for kulaks in the village of Kochkorka, and in 1918 he walked to the city of Tokmak, where he took various day jobs: as a courier in a pharmacy, a stableman, and a cook's assistant in an army barracks.
In 1919, K. Bayalynov joined the ranks of the Komsomol, and later graduated from a six-month regional party school in Tashkent. In 1920, he was sent back to Tashkent for six months of pedagogical courses. From 1921 to 1925, he studied at the Kazakh Pedagogical Technical School in Almaty, and from 1929 to 1933, he attended the All-Union Communist Institute in Moscow.
In 1920, he worked for a time in the Komsomol committee of the Naryn canton. In 1925, K. Bayalynov was appointed editor of the Kyrgyz section of Tsentrizdat in Moscow. From 1928 to 1928 and from 1935 to 1937, he served as the chief editor of Kirgosizdat, from 1933 to 1935, he was the editor of the newspaper of the Jetty-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, and from 1940, he was the chief editor of the magazine "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," and from 1941, he was the editor of the regional newspaper "Ysyk-Kel Pravdasy." From 1944 to 1947 and from 1949 to 1955, he worked as the chairman of the board of the Writers' Union of Kyrgyzstan, and from 1947 to 1949, he was a research associate at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences. From 1955, he was engaged in free creative work.
K. Bayalynov's literary activity began in 1922 with the publication of his poems in Kazakh and Tatar. In 1926, his classic novella "Ajar" was published, the first realistic work of Kyrgyz prose. This work has been translated and published in many languages of the peoples of the USSR and abroad. His multifaceted and large-scale novels, novellas, and stories "Brotherhood" ("Boordoshtor," 1962), "On the Shores of Issyk-Kul" ("Kel Loyunda," 1952), "Murat" (1929), and others have taken a worthy place in the spiritual and cultural life of the Kyrgyz people. He is the author of numerous journalistic articles and essays addressing the pressing issues of his time. The writer's works are included in anthologies and are studied in general education schools and humanitarian faculties of universities, as well as in research institutions of the republic. An opera "On the Shores of Issyk-Kul" and a number of musical works of various genres have been created based on the plot of K. Bayalynov's works. His works have been published in Russian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tatar, Moldovan, French, English, German, Czech, and other languages. He was one of the first professional translators to introduce Kyrgyz readers to the works of A. S. Pushkin, M. Yu. Lermontov, L. N. Tolstoy, A. M. Gorky, and others.
People's Writer of Kyrgyzstan (1968).
Member of the CPSU since 1925, member of the USSR Union of Writers since 1939.
Awarded two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the October Revolution, and the "Badge of Honor," medals "For Valorous Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945," "For Valorous Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of V.I. Lenin," and Honorary Certificates from the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR.
Elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR of the IV convocation and as a deputy of the Frunze City Council of People's Deputies.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz
Children's stories: "The Fox and the Marmot," "The Swallow and the Snake."
Ajar: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1928. — 36 p.
Murat: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1929. — 15 p.
Ajar: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1940. — 12 p.
Collection of Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1946. — 136 p.
Happiness: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1947. — 143 p.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul. — Fr.: Kyn-izmamabas, 1952. — 148 p.
Tales and Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1952. — 128 p.
Toktogul Satylganov: The Poet's Life and Work. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1954. — 38 p.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul: Novellas and Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1959. — 419 p.
Kurman Valley: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1960. — 148 p.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Fr.: Kyrgyzmamabas, 1962. — 368 p.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1967. — 595 p.
Collected Works in Two Volumes: Volume 1. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1969. — 634 p.
Collected Works in Two Volumes: Volume 2. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1970. — 594 p.
Ajar: Novellas and Stories. — Fr.: Mektep, 1972. — 354 p.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1972. — 265 p.
The Fox and the Marmot. — Fr.: Mektep, 1973. — 22 p.
Stories and Essays. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1974. — 73 p.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1977. — 567 p.
Difficult Crossing: Novellas and Stories. — Fr.: Mektep, 1980. — 424 p.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul: A Novel, Novella, Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1982. — 392 p.
Kurman Valley: Novellas. — Fr.: Mektep, 1983. — 176 p.
Ajar: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1984. — 28 p.
The Fox and the Marmot: Fables. — Fr.: Mektep, 1984. — 19 p.
Murat: A Novella. — Fr.: Mektep, 1986. — 20 p.
in Russian
Ajar: A Novella. — M.: Publishing House of Newspapers, 1932. — 30 p.
Happiness: A Novella and Stories. — M.: Soviet Writer, 1948. — 312 p.
Happiness: Novellas and Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1949. — 310 p.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul: A Novella. — M.: Soviet Writer, 1951. — 311 p.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul: A Novella. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1956. — 310 p.
Kurman Valley: A Novella, Stories, Essays. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1958. — 186 p.
Ajar: Stories. — Fr.: Mektep, 1965. — 51 p.
Brotherhood: A Trilogy. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1965. — 298 p.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — M.: Soviet Writer, 1972. — 518 p.
The Fox and the Marmot. — Fr.: Mektep, 1974. — 23 p.
Red Banner of Naryn: A Novella. — Fr.: Mektep, 1977. — 88 p.
Murat: Excerpt from the Novella "Kurman Valley," Stories. — Fr.: Mektep, 1987. — 119 p.
in the languages of the peoples of the USSR
Ajar: A Story. — Baku: 1930. — 25 p. — Azerbaijani.
Ajar: A Story. — Tashkent: Uzbekgiz, 1947. — 26 p. — Uzbek.
On the Shores of Issyk-Kul: A Novella and Stories. — Almaty: Kazakhgiz, 1961. — 270 p. — Kazakh.
Happiness: A Novella and Stories. — Kazan: Tatar Book Publishing House, 1977. — 128 p. — Tatar.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Chisinau: 1984. — Moldovan.
Brotherhood: A Novel. — Chisinau: Lit. Artistica, 1985. — 540 p. — Moldovan.
in foreign languages
Ajar: A Story. — M.: BOKS Publishing House, 1929. — 25 p. — French.
Same. — English.
Same. — German.
Ajar: A Story. — Prague: 1949. — 24 p. — Czech.
TRANSLATIONS
Lilin Z. Our Teacher Lenin. — M.: Tsentrizdat, 1925. — 29 p.
Dorokhov P. The Son of a Bolshevik. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1929. — 22 p.
Gorky M. Makhar Chudra: A Story. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1931. — 27 p.
Gorky M. Makhar Chudra: A Story. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1935. — 19 p.
Dorokhov P. The Son of a Bolshevik. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1935. — 24 p.
Pushkin A. S. The Captive of the Caucasus. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1937. — 31 p.
Pushkin A. S. Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1941. — 232 p.
Pushkin A. S. The Captive of the Caucasus. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1948. — 40 p.
Bashirov G. Honor. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1955. — 511 p.
Nardzhmi Kavi. Spring Winds. — Fr.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1960. — 494 p.
