Poet and playwright T. Bostonkulov was born in the village of Ana-Kyzyl in the Uzgen district of the Osh region in a peasant family.
In 1971, he graduated from the X. Tashirov Secondary School (Kara-Suu district), and in 1984 — from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow.
From 1971 to 1973, he served in the Soviet Army, and from 1973 to 1979, he worked as a collective farmer and laborer.
Since 1984, he has been working as a proofreader at the "Mektep" publishing house, as a senior editor in the script and editorial board of the "Kyrgyzfilm" film studio, and since 1986 — as an editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house, and since 1988 — as an editor in the folklore and poetry department of the "Adabiyat" publishing house.
He has been published since 1970. His first poetry collection "Duburt" ("The Sound of Hooves") was published in 1985. The poet's works have been included in many collective collections published in the republic and are regularly published in periodicals. T. Bostonkulov also tries his hand at drama. He has created plays such as "The Time of Flood" (1985), "Sacred Blood" (1982), and "Truth that Resembles a Fairy Tale" (1988).
He has been awarded four Honorary Certificates from the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Kyrgyzstan and an Honorary Certificate from the Council of Kyrgyzstan.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language
Duburt: Poems and a Poem. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1985. — 80 pages. The Sound of Hooves.
