Poet S. Dzhusuev was born in the wintering place Kyzyl-Dzhar in the current Soviet district of the Osh region.
He studied at a rural school, graduated from the Osh Teacher Training Institute in 1949, and in 1956— from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow.
S. Dzhusuev is a participant of the Great Patriotic War, serving as a signalman in the Guards Division of General Panfilov from 1943 to 1945, and was wounded twice.
From 1945 to 1947, he worked as the responsible secretary of the newspaper "Kommunizm uchun" in the Soviet district, from 1949 to 1951— as head of the department at the editorial office of the Osh regional newspaper "Lenin yolu," from 1957— as the chief editor of the magazine "Ala-Too," from 1959— as the responsible secretary of the magazine "Chalkan," and since 1960, he has been a literary consultant for the Writers' Union of Kyrgyzstan.
His creative biography began at the front in 1943. A poem sent from the front was published in the magazine "Sovettik Kyrgyzstan," and his first poetry collection "Emgek kuusu" ("Songs of Labor") was published in 1950. Works by S. Dzhusuev have been published in Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, and Tajik languages, and individual poems have been published abroad. He has translated into Kyrgyz and published poetry collections by A. Barto, A. Tvardovsky, P. Tychyna, K. Kuliyev, works by Turkmen poets, and tragedies by W. Shakespeare. He is a participant in many collective collections and a co-author of the translation of the State Anthem of the USSR.
People's Poet of Kyrgyzstan (1981).
Member of the CPSU since 1947, member of the USSR Writers' Union since 1949.
Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War I class, medals "For Courage," "For Labor Distinction," and others, Honorary Certificates from the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR, Ukrainian SSR, Yakut ASSR, and the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz
Emgek kuusu: Ырлар жыйнагы. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1950.— 103 p. Song of Labor.
Chyndyk menen yir: Ырлар жыйнагы. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1952.— 131 p. Truth and Song.
Omur jazы: Поэмалар, ырлар. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1955.— 168 p. Spring of Life.
Asan menen dostoshkondo: Ацгемелер. — F.: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1956. — 33 p. When I Became Friends with Asan.
Suiuu menen ishenich: Ырлар, поэма жана котормолор. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1956.— 177 p. Love and Faith.
Umut: Ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1960.— 136 p. Hope.
Chon atam jana men: Поэма жана ырлар. — F.: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1961. — 55 p. Grandfather and I.
Zhyldyzduu toolor: Ыр менен жазылган повесть. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1963, — 149 p. Starry Mountains.
Akyn zhuregu: Ырлар жана поэма. — F.: Mektep, 1965.— 131 p. Heart of the Poet.
Ketsul kuulery: Ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1966.— 195 p. Melodies of the Soul.
Kyzyl kun: Повесттер. — F.: Mektep, 1968. — 202 p. Crimson Sun.
Turmek buluttar: Ырлар жана поэма. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1969. — 236 p. Cumulus Clouds.
Daban: Ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1971.— 114 p. Pass.
Altyn chynar: Ырлар жана поэма. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1973. — 142 p. Golden Chinar.
Tandalmalar: Тандалган ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1975, — 491 p. Selected Works.
Suktanu: Ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Mektep, 1977. — 215 p. Admiration.
Biik asman: Сонеты, ырлар, поэмалар. — F.: Mektep, 1979. — 212 p. High Sky.
Tandalmalar: Ырлар жана поэмалар. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1984. — 257 p. Selected Works.
Too zhytsyrtkan chagylgan: Ырлар, жомоктор. — F.: Mektep, 1985.— 64 p. Thunder in the Mountains.
in Russian
V krayu rodnom: Стихи и поэмы.— F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1958.— 120 p.
Druzhba: Рассказы. — F.: Kyrgyzuchpedgiz, 1958.— 24 p.
V ozhidanii gostya: Стихи и поэма. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1958.— 93 p.
Dedushka i ya: Стихи. — M.: Detgiz, 1961, — 30 p.
Orlitsa: Стихи и поэма. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1962.— 81 p.
Dymok nad ailom: Стихи и поэма. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1967.— 72 p.
Gornye zori: Стихи. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1972.— 88 p.
Zhavoronok: Стихи. — M.: Pravda, 1975.
U ognya: Стихи. — M.: Khudozh. lit., 1975. — 206 p.
Gordost: Стихи и поэмы. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1978.— 127 p.
Stremlina let: Стихотворения и поэмы. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1981.— 240 p.
Zolotaya chynara: Стихотворения и поэмы. — M.: Khudozh. lit., 1982.— 383 p.
Pesni belykh vershin: Стихи, поэмы. — M.: Sov. pisatel, 1984. — 104 p.
in the languages of the peoples of the USSR
Dedushka i ya: Стихи. — Dushanbe: Tadzhgosizdat, 1963.— 24 p. — Tajik.
Kuchevye oblaka: Стихи. — Alma-Ata: Zhazushy, 1975.— 128 p. — Kazakh.
Pereval: Стихи.— Tashkent: Izdat-vo lit. i iskusstva, 1975.— 75 p.— Uzbek.
Molodost moya: стихи и поэмы. — Alma-Ata: Zhalyn, 1980. — 88 p.— Kazakh.
Na more sinem belyy parokhod: Стихи. — Baku: Yazichi, 1983.— 144 p. — Azerbaijani.
Zolotaya chynara: Стихи и поэма. — Kiev: Radyansyday pysmennyk, 1986. — Ukrainian.
TRANSLATIONS
Barto A. Stikhi dlya detey. — F.: Kyrgyzuchpedgiz, 1954.— 136 p.
Tychina P. Druzhba narodov. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1954. — 88 p.
Turkmenskiye poety. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1957. — 187 p.
Tvardovsky A. Lenin i pechnik. — F.: Kyrgyzuchpedgiz, 1962. — 14 p.
Kuliyev K. Skazka o dobrom murave. — F.: Mektep, 1982.— 16 p.
Shakespeare W. Gamlet: Tragediya. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1983. — 224 p.
