Poet, Playwright Raikan Shukurbeков

Poet and playwright R. Shukurbeikov was born in 1913 and passed away on May 23, 1964, in the village of Ak-Chiy, now part of the Kirov district of the Talas region, in a family of livestock breeders. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in a children's home in Dzhambul until 1928, where he learned to read and write. In 1928, after moving to Frunze, he studied at a Tatar school, and in 1933, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze.

In 1933, he was accepted as an actor at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater. During the Great Patriotic War, he served at the front, and in 1943, after suffering a severe injury, he returned as a disabled veteran.

R. Shukurbeikov's first story, "Zharkynai," was published in 1929, and his novella "Too elinin baatyry" ("Hero of the Mountain People"), dedicated to the historical events of 1916, was published in 1936. He is the author of many poetic works, fables, fairy tales, and stories for children. A significant part of the writer's work is devoted to drama. In 1934, his first multi-act play "Borba" was staged at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater, where the playwright himself played one of the leading roles. In 1935, he created the plays "Sredi mogil" and "Aidar," about the new collective farm life in the Kyrgyz village, and the comedy "Dzhapalak Dzhatpasov," which brought him success as a playwright. In 1959, he created a large multi-act drama "Nadezhda poet" dedicated to the life of Toktogul Satylganov. He wrote numerous interludes for the Kyrgyz stage. His work in the field of artistic translation into the Kyrgyz language of the classics of world and Russian literature is significant. He translated works by Ferdowsi, A. Griboedov, I. Krylov, M. Gorky, V. Schiller, Molière, and others.

R. Shukurbeikov's works have been published in Russian and Polish.

He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1942 and a member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1936.

He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, medals "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945," and a Certificate of Honor from the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

in Kyrgyz:
Too elinin baatyry: Novella. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1936. — 127 p. Hero of the mountain people.
Salam kat. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1950. — 12 p. A greeting letter.
Eki bozhok: Fairy tale. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1956. —21 p. Two bunnies.
Yrlardzha tamcildar. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1957. —207 p. Poems and fables.
Ala-Too jazyrgy: Yrlardzha tamcildar. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1958. —223 p. Echo of Ala-Too.
Atsgemeler. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1958. —27 p. Stories.
Kyrgyz toosunda. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1958. —24 p. In the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Ittin jomogu. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1960. —19 p. The dog's fairy tale.
Karga: Satire. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1960. —15 p. The crow.
Tulku menen teke. —Fairy tale. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1960. —15 p. The fox and the goat.
Yrlardzha jiyinagy. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1961. —292 p. Collection of poems.
Tandalgan yrlard. —Frunze: Kyrgyzmambas, 1963. —380 p. Selected poems.
Balldarga: Yrlard, jomoktor, angemeler, and play. —Frunze: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1964. —120 p. For children.
Jaryyalanbagan chygarmalar. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1965. —152 p. Unpublished works.
P'yesalar: Komediyalar and drama. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1967. —284 p. Plays.
Too elinin baatyry: Novella. —Frunze: Mektep, 1969. —108 p. Hero of the mountaineers.
Raikan's intermedii. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1971. —123 p. Interludes of Raikan.
Kamkaymak: Novels and poems. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1973. —240 p.
Jindi suu: Poem. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1975. —17 p. Bad water.
Eki bejeck. Fairy tale. —Frunze: Mektep, 1976. —13 p. Two bunnies.
Chygarmalar: Yrlard, intermedii, atsgemeler. —Frunze: Mektep, 1977. —122 p. Works.
P'yesalar and intermedii. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1980. —312 p. Plays and interludes.
Yrlardzha tamcildar. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1983. —136 p. Poems and fables.
Termeler: Yrlard. —Frunze: Mektep, 1985. —112 p. Admonitions.
Eki echki: Tamcildar-jomoktor — Two goats: Fables-fairy tales. —Frunze: Mektep, 1985. —24 p. —text: Kyrgyz, Russian.
Raikan: Yrlard, termeler, satiralar. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1987. —240 p.
in Russian:
Dva zaychonka: Fairy tale. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1958. —26 p.
Ekho Ala-Too: Poems. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1958. —183 p.
Ekho Tyan-Shanya. —Moscow: Molodaya gvardiya, 1958. —55 p.
Lisa i kozel. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1959. —16 p.
Vorona. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1960. —15 p.
Dva zaychonka. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1960. —23 p.
Zveni, komuz: Collection of poems. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1962. —180 p.
Dva zaychonka: Fairy tale. —Frunze: Mektep, 1977. —12 p.
in Polish Dva zaychonka: Fairy tale. —Frunze: Mektep, 1981. —14 p.

TRANSLATIONS

Griboedov A. S. Gore ot uma: Comedy in 4 acts. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1947. —147 p.
Krylov I. A. Fables. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1956. —144 p.
Gorky M. Song of the Stormbird. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1957. —7 p.
Afghan poets. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1958. —29 p.
Poems of Southeast Asian poets. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1958. —32 p.
Ferdowsi. Shahnameh: Heroic tales. —Frunze: Kirgizgosizdat, 1958. —243 p.
Ferdowsi. Rustam-Dastan. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1960. —183 p.
Ferdowsi. Shahnameh. —Frunze: Kirgizuchpedgiz, 1961. —265 p.
Krylov I. A. Fables. —Frunze: Mektep, 1973. —40 p.
Griboedov A. S. Gore ot uma: Comedy in verse: In 4 acts. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1976. —123 p.
Krylov I. A. Fables. —Frunze: Kyrgyzstan, 1977. —72 p.
Krylov I. A. The Grasshopper and the Ant: Fables. —Frunze: Mektep, 1979. —44 p.
Krylov I. A. The Grasshopper and the Ant: Fables. —Frunze: Mektep, 1982. —14 p.