Critic, poet, prose writer K. Bobulov was born on May 15, 1936, in the village of Osor, Nookat district, Osh region, in a peasant family.
In 1953, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU.
In 1962, he entered the graduate school of the AON under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. After a brief break, he resumed his studies in 1965 and defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences that same year.
He began his career in 1958 as a literary employee at the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too," later heading the criticism department there.
From 1963 to 1965, he was a correspondent for the newspaper "Pravda" in Kyrgyzstan, and from 1966, he served as editor of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan pioneri." From 1976 to 1984, he was the director of the Kyrgyz Republican branch of the VAPP. Since 1985, K. Bobulov has worked as a literary consultant for artistic translation at the Writers' Union of Kyrgyzstan.
K. Bobulov's creative biography began during his student years when his short stories, novellas, and critical articles on pressing issues in Kyrgyz literature began to be published. Thanks to publications in central periodicals and in fraternal republics, the literary and literary-critical activities of the writer became widely known to the all-Union readership. His recognition in this field is evidenced by his election in 1960 to the Council on Criticism and Literary Studies under the USSR Writers' Union, and in 1969 to the International Association of Literary Critics (MALC).
K. Bobulov has established himself as a poet and prose writer. He is the author of the novella "Tushtuk kyzy" ("Girl from the South"), poetry collections "Makhabatym araly" ("Island of Love"), "Tak shokumu" ("Early Dawns"), and others, which have also been published in Russian; the novella "Girl from the South" is known to Latvian readers as well.
He has translated into Kyrgyz and published as a separate book "Ghazals" by Hafiz, poems by I. Chavchavadze, poems and excerpts from the poem by the Karakalpak writer Berdakh, and others.
A member of the CPSU since 1960, and a member of the USSR Writers' Union since 1959.
He has been awarded the medal "For Valorous Labor. In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin," and Honorary Certificates from the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR and the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz
Айлуу тунде куйгвн от: Повесть жана ацгемелер. — Ф.: Кыргыз- окуупедмамбас, 1960. — 72 б. Oгонек в лунной ночи.
Туштук кызы: Повесть. —Ф.: Кыргызмамбас, 1962.— 163 б. Девушка с юга.
Эркинбек: Ангемелер. — Ф.: Кыргызокуупедмамбас, 1963. — 49 б.
Адабий турмуш ойлору: Макалалар жыйнагы. —Ф.: Кыргызстан,1965, — 176 б. Литературно-жизненные размышления.
Махабат аралы: Ырлар жана поэма. —Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1971. — 118 б. Остров любви.
Адабият жана мезгил: Адабий-сындар менен публицистикалык маиалалар. — Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1973.— 196 б. Литература и время.
Так шоокуму: Ырлар. — Ф.: Мектеп, 1977. — 108 б. Ранние зори.
Фольклор жана адабият: Адабий-сын макалалар. — Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1980, —268 б. Фольклор и литература.
Туштук кызы: Повесть, ангемелер, очерктер. — Ф.: Мектеп, 1983.— 256 б. Девушка с юга.
Акын кыялы: Ыр китеп. —Ф.: Мектеп, 1985.—284 б. Мечта поэта.
in Russian
Девушка с юга: Повесть. — М.: Сов. писатель, 1964. — 175 с.
Традиции и новаторство в киргизской прозе. —М.: Мысль, 1966.— 16 с.
Проблемы традиций и новаторства в киргизской прозе. —М.: Мысль, 1966, — 16 с.
Девушка с юга: Повесть. — М.: Худож. лит., 1969.— 110 с.
Пути развития реализма в киргизской прозе. —Ф.: Мектеп, 1969.—• 167 с.
Критика и литературный процесс: Литературно-критические статьи.— Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1976. — 210 с.
Остров любви: Книга стихов. —Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1982. — 237 с.
Крик сердца: Книга стихов. —Ф.: Кыргызстан, 1987. — 160 с.
in the languages of the peoples of the USSR
Девушка с юга: Повесть. — Рига: Лиесма, 1972. — 90 с. — лат.
TRANSLATIONS
Бердак. Стихи о жизни: Стихи и отрывок из поэмы. —Ф.: Кыргыз¬стан, 1980. — 104 с.
