Translator M. Tolomushev was born on November 20, 1942, in the village of Baskiya in the Tian Shan region of Naryn Province, in a peasant family. In 1961, he graduated from the Otkursk Secondary School, and in 1970— from the philological faculty of K. GU.He began his career in 1961 as a laboratory assistant at the Tian Shan Experimental Station. From 1963 to 1966, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. From 1970 to 1976, he worked as an editor, and from 1977 to 1986— as a senior editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house. Since 1976, he worked for some time as a junior research fellow at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, and since 1986, he has been the scientific secretary of the Kyrgyz section of the Union of Writers for the artistic publication of the epic "Manas".
M. Tolomushev's creative biography began in 1970. He mainly engages in literary translation. He has translated works by V. Rasputin, N. Domozhakov, N. Krogius, and others into Kyrgyz. He is one of the translators of works by A. Zegers, Y. Hashek, K. Capek, N. Khaitov, L. Sukhodolchyon, and others.
A member of the USSR Union of Writers since 1986, and a member of the USSR Union of Journalists since 1974.
He has been awarded the medal "20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945," and a certificate of honor from the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR.
TRANSLATIONS
Krogius N. V. The Laws of Endgame. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1975. —60 p.
Brotherhood Cemented by Battles: Stories. —F.: Mektep, 1979. —86 p.
Domozhakov N. O. In a Distant Ail: Novel. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1981. —280 p.
Capablanca Jose-Raul. The Last Chess Lectures. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1982. —88 p.
Rasputin V. G. The Last Term: Novellas and Stories. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1983. —427 p.
