Prose writer T. Kydyraiev was born on February 12, 1932—August 3, 1973, in the village of Ak-Shiyrak, Jeti-Oguz district, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from Ak-Shiyrak seven-year school, in 1950 — from Przhevalsk Pedagogical School, and in 1952 — from the Faculty of Language and Literature of Przhevalsk Pedagogical Institute.
In 1952, he was appointed as the deputy director of Ak-Shiyrak seven-year school.
From 1958, he worked as a teacher of his native language and literature at Sary-Bulak seven-year school.
From 1968 until the end of his life, he collaborated with the newspapers "Ysyk-Kel Pravdasy," "Mayak Kommunizma," and "Emgetchil."
He began publishing in 1960. His first book "Kel acgemerleri" ("Stories of Issyk-Kul") was published in 1965. The second book was the novella "Kiya zholdogu kyzy" ("Girl on the Serpentine"), published in 1967.
A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1963, and a member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1969.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language
Kel acgemerleri. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1965. — 146 p. Stories of Issyk-Kul.
Kiya zholdogu kyzy: Novella. — Fr.: Mektep, 1967. — 152 p. Girl on the Serpentine.
