Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Anton Levchenko

Prose writer A. Levchenko was born on 5th October 1941 in the village of Shevchenko, Odessa region of the Ukrainian SSR, in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from high school in his native village, studied at the Ural School of Mechanization, attended the correspondence department of the Tselinograd Medical Institute in 1969, and in 1973 graduated from the journalism department of the Alma-Ata Higher Party School. From 1960 to 1963, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1963,

08.09.2015, 15:45

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Esentur Kylychev

Poet and translator E. Kilychev was born on February 2, 1952, in the village of Ak-Kiya, Tien-Shan district of Naryn region, in a teacher's family. In 1969, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze and enrolled in the philological faculty of KGU, from which he transferred to Leningrad State University named after A. A. Zhdanova in his third year and graduated in 1975. He began his career as a literary worker, then became an editor, and since 1980

07.09.2015, 20:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Abdrasul Kylychev

Poet and prose writer A. Kilychev was born in the village of Orto-Sai near the city of Naryn in the Kyrgyz SSR to a peasant family. In 1939, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1939, he graduated from the Frunze Teacher's Institute, followed by the RPSH at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. In 1940, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army, and in 1942, he graduated from a military school and fought on the fronts of the Great

07.09.2015, 20:20

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Abzii Kydyrov

Poet A. Kydyrov was born on January 1, 1931, in the village of Kyochu in the present-day Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. In 1950, he graduated from the M. Elebaev Secondary School in the village of Taldy-Suu. From 1961 to 1963, he studied at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1950 as a pioneer leader at a seven-year school in his native village. In 1951-1952, he served in the ranks of the

07.09.2015, 19:21

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Tenti Kydyraliev

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

07.09.2015, 19:08

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kasym Kushubekov

Prose writer K. Kushubekov was born on May 24, 1949, in the village of Pik, Talas district, Talas region, in a peasant family. In 1966, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 1 in Talas, and in 1972, he completed the philological faculty at KGU. He began his career in 1966 as a pioneer leader at the Chaldovar boarding school in the Leninpol district, and from 1972, he worked there as a teacher of his native language and literature. Since 1973, he has been working as an editor at the

07.09.2015, 01:48

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Sabyrbek Kuruchbekov

Poet S. Kuruchbekov was born in Frunze in a family of a civil servant. In 1974, he graduated from Secondary School No. 26 in Frunze, and in 1980, he graduated from the Russian department of the philological faculty of KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his labor biography as a worker at a factory. Since 1980, he worked as a junior editor and editor at the publishing house "Kyrgyzstan," and since 1986, he has been the editor of the prose department at the

07.09.2015, 01:41

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Akynbek Kuruchbekov

Poet A. Kuruchbekov was born on December 5, 1922 — November 29, 1988, in the village of Eryktu, Kalinin District of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from the Erkinsai seven-year school in 1940, he studied at the Frunze Hydromelioration Technical School and graduated from a two-year law school in Frunze in 1947. In 1941, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army and served in a cavalry regiment. In 1942, he was seriously wounded and, after hospitalization, was

07.09.2015, 01:34

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Omurkul Kulumbaev

Poet O. Kulumbaev was born on May 15, 1933, in the village of Terek-Suu, At-Bashinsky district of Naryn region, in a peasant family. In 1950, he graduated from high school in his native village and began his working career as a typesetter at the Naryn regional printing house. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1957, he worked in the Naryn City Executive Committee, and from 1958, he served as an assistant to the head of the Tien Shan regional military enlistment

07.09.2015, 01:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Orozbay Kochkonov

Poet O. Kochkonov was born in the village of Kalinino in the Jangi-Jol district of the Osh region into a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from Ak-Suu Secondary School, and in 1966, he completed the journalism department of the philological faculty at KGU. He began his labor biography in 1958 as a collective farmer. From 1966, he worked as a literary employee at the editorial office of the district newspaper "Leninchil," from 1968 as a correspondent for the Osh regional committee

07.09.2015, 01:17

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Yevgeny Kolesnikov

Poet and prose writer E. Kolesnikov was born on January 7, 1933, in the village of Veseloyarsk, Altai Krai, RSFSR, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Veseloyarsk Secondary School, and in 1961, he graduated from the Russian department of the philological faculty of KSU. Since 1953, he worked as a laborer on construction sites in the Urals, and from 1961, he was a teacher of Russian language and literature at Kichi-Kemin Secondary School. From 1963, he was a literary staff member at

07.09.2015, 01:05

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer, Translator Tolegen Kozubekov

Poet, prose writer, translator T. Kozubekov was born on February 10, 1937, in the village of Kyzyl-Djar, Leninpol District, Talas Region, in a peasant family. In 1955, he graduated from Talas Secondary School No. 1, and in 1961, he graduated from the philological faculty of K. GU. Since 1962, he worked as an editor, senior editor of children's broadcasting at the State Television and Radio Committee of the Kyrgyz SSR, and from 1974 as a senior editor, head of the department, and deputy

06.09.2015, 22:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Turar Kodzhomberdiev

Poet T. Kodzhomberdiev was born on October 15, 1941—January 30, 1989, in the village of Sary-Bulak, Kalinin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a collective farm horse herder. In 1959, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1966, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography as a literary staff member in the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneri," and from 1969, he worked as an

06.09.2015, 22:43

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Evgeny Kovsky

Prose writer E. Kovsky was born in the city of Olgopol in the former Kamieniec-Podolski province in a family of a supervisor of a zemstvo hospital. After graduating from the Kamieniec-Podolski gymnasium, he continued his education in Odessa. After the establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine in 1920, he enrolled in the Odessa Polytechnic Institute but did not complete his studies. Since 1918, he served in a student guard battalion. In 1919, he volunteered to join the ranks of the Red Army,

06.09.2015, 22:28

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Bibi Kerimdzhanova

Critic, literary scholar B. Kerimdzhanova was born on October 30, 1920, in the village of Beryu-bash in the current Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a family of a poor peasant. In 1937, she graduated from a workers' faculty, in 1941— from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, in 1947— from the postgraduate program at the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and in 1950— from the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet

06.09.2015, 22:19

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Tolegen Kasymbekov

Prose writer T. Kasymbekov was born on January 15, 1931, in the village of Ak-Dzhol, Jangi-Jol District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1949, he graduated from the Kara-Dzhigach Secondary School, and in 1957, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career as a primary school teacher in his native village. From 1951, he worked as the responsible secretary of the Kichi-Akdzhol village council. Since 1957, he has been working as an editor in the children's and

06.09.2015, 22:10

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Sanarbek Karymshakov

Critic, literary scholar S. Karymshakov was born on October 20, 1941, in the village of Kyzart, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1962, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1964 to 1967, he studied in graduate school at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He began his career in 1962 as an editor of the music editorial office of the State

06.09.2015, 21:57

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Madzhit Karimov

. Prose writer M. Karimov was born on November 10, 1937, in the village of Sakaldy, Lenin District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in a children's home in Jalal-Abad. In 1956, he graduated from a boarding school in his native village, and in 1965, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. He began his work biography in 1956 as a pioneer leader at a secondary school in Lenin District, Osh Region. In 1965, he was appointed as

04.09.2015, 03:31

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Poet, Journalist Sydyk Karachev

Prose writer, poet, journalist S. Karachev was born in 1900—1937 in the village of Jiluu-Bulak, now in the Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a family of a poor peasant. He received his initial education in a Tatar school in the city of Karakol (now Przhevalsk). From 1921 to 1923, he studied at the military school named after V. I. Lenin in Tashkent. In 1918, he joined the Red Guards under the command of Mambet Suymbaev and actively participated in the fight against the White Guards in

04.09.2015, 03:22

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Teller of Epics, Storyteller, Manaschi Sayakbay Karalaev

The storyteller of epics, storyteller, manaschi S. Karalaev was born in the village of Semiz-Bel near the wintering grounds of Ak-Olen in the present-day Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region in a poor family. From the age of 12, he worked as a laborer for local landlords with his father. During the events of 1916, he fled to China; upon returning to his homeland in 1917, he again worked as a laborer for the wealthy. In 1918, he voluntarily joined a detachment of Red Guards and defended Soviet

04.09.2015, 01:04

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Rosa Karagulova

Poet R. Karagulova was born on July 30, 1946, in the city of Talas, Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of civil servants. In 1965, she graduated from Chon-Korgon Secondary School, and in 1970, from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1971 to 1972, she worked in the editorial office of the newspaper "Sovet tik Kyrgyzstan." Since 1972, she has been teaching her native language and literature in eight-year schools in the villages of Iyri-Suu and Min-Bulak in the Naryn region, and from 1975 to

04.09.2015, 00:29

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Bilim Karagulov

Poet and translator B. Karagulov was born on May 1, 1936, in the village of Chayek, Jumgal district, Naryn region, in a peasant family. In 1954, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1959 — from the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1969 — from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1959 as the head of a department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan

04.09.2015, 00:02

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Nuraly Kanarov

Poet N. Kanarov was born on March 4, 1957, in the village of Tegirmenti, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1975, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1980, he completed the journalism department of the philological faculty of KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his career in 1980 as a correspondent for the newspaper "Leiinchil Zhas." Currently, he is the head of the department at the editorial office of this newspaper.

03.09.2015, 23:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kasym Kaimov

Prose writer K. Kaimov was born on March 6, 1926, and passed away on July 13, 1989, in the village of Ozgorush, Talas district, Talas region, in a peasant-poor family. In 1942, he graduated from 9th grade of secondary school, in 1945 — from the Frunze Teacher's Institute, and in 1949 — from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. He began his work biography in 1942 as the responsible secretary of the Budennovsk district newspaper. While studying at the university, he collaborated with the

03.09.2015, 23:43

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Critic Dairbek Kazakbaev

Prose writer and critic D. Kazakbaev was born on June 20, 1940, in the village of Dzhan-Talap, Ak-Talinsky district of Naryn region, in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and from 1958 to 1960, he studied at the philological faculty of KGU. In 1965, he graduated from the Literary Institute named after A. M. Gorky under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow, and in 1974, he completed his postgraduate studies at Lomonosov

03.09.2015, 23:36

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Satybaldy Kadyrov

Poet S. Kadyrov was born on March 15, 1942, in the village of Nichke, Uzgen district, Osh region, in a peasant family. In 1959, he graduated from high school, in 1961— from the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical School named after A. S. Pushkin, and in 1970— from the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career as a primary school teacher at the V. I. Lenin High School in the Janay-Dzhol district. Since 1967, he worked as a high school teacher in the Uzgen district,

03.09.2015, 23:26

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Isabek Isakov

Poet and prose writer I. Isakov was born on September 1, 1933, in the village of Kochkorka, Kochkorka District, Naryn Region, in a carpenter's family. In 1950, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1952 — from the Frunze Teacher Training Institute, and in 1958 — from the correspondence course of the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. From 1952, he worked as the head of the department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneri," from 1956 — as

03.09.2015, 23:19

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Nikolai Imshenetsky

Poet and translator N. Imshenetckiy was born on July 18, 1918, in the village of Buras (now the village of Bolshaya Vladimirovna) in the Pavlodar region of the Kazakh SSR, in a tailor's family. Since 1926, he has lived in Kyrgyzstan. In 1936, he graduated from high school, and in 1939— from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. In the same year, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army and participated in the Great Patriotic War. His creative biography began in 1949. In 1950,

03.09.2015, 23:02

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Improvising Poet and Komuz Player Chalagyz Imankulov

Akin-improviser and komuz player Ch. Imankulov was born in the village of Korumdu in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant family. From 1924 to 1932, he served as the secretary of the Temirovsky, and from 1932 to 1933, he was the chairman of the Tashtak village council. In 1933, he was hired by Kyrgyz Radio in Frunze, and from 1934 to 1936, he worked at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater, and from 1936, he was a soloist at the Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz Philharmonic. Even before

03.09.2015, 21:42

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Mukhamet Imazov

Prose writer M. Imazov was born on May 1, 1941, in the village of Aleksandrovka, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1959, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1964, he graduated from the Russian department of the philological faculty of KGU. From 1968 to 1971, he studied in graduate school at the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He earned a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree in 1972. He began his labor biography as a teacher of the Russian

02.03.2015, 13:24

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Alexander Ivanov

Prose writer A. Ivanov was born on September 15, 1938, in the city of Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, in a family of civil servants. In 1958, he graduated from high school, and in 1962 — from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career in 1962 as a literary staff member at the editorial office of the newspaper "Komsomolets of Kyrgyzstan," later working there as the head of a department. Since 1965, he has been working as a literary staff member and deputy editor of the newspaper

02.03.2015, 13:14

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Esengul Ibraev

Poet E. Ibraev was born on March 16, 1934, in the village of Chet-Nura, Tian-Shan district of Naryn region, in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from Naryn Pedagogical School, and in 1961, he graduated from the journalism department of the Philological Faculty of KSU. He began his labor biography in 1952 as a senior pioneer leader at Kalinin Secondary School in Kochkor district. In the same year, he was appointed head of the department of the Kochkor District Committee of the Komsomol of

02.03.2015, 13:04

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Translator Osmon Ibraimov

Critic and translator O. Ibraimov was born on January 5, 1954, in the village of Alaykuu, Soviet District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1971, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1978, he graduated from the philological faculty of the KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. In 1985, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences. He began his labor biography in 1971 as a collective farmer in his native village. In 1978,

02.03.2015, 11:10

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Kalyk Ibraimov

Critic and literary scholar K. Ibraimov was born on August 2, 1952, in the village of Kara-Kuldja, Soviet district of the Osh region, in a family of civil servants. In 1969, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1974, he completed the philological faculty of the Kyrgyz State University named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. Since 1974, he worked as an editor at the State Publishing House of the Kyrgyz SSR, the "Mektep" publishing house, and KyrTAG. Since

02.03.2015, 08:20

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Yakub Zemlyak

Poet and prose writer Y. Zemlyak was born in Warsaw in the family of a civil servant. His childhood and youth were spent in Kharkiv. From 1924 to 1927, he studied at the Ukrainian State Institute of Cinematography, and from 1927 to 1928, he attended a two-year party school named after Artem in Kharkiv. From the age of 13, he worked as a messenger, archivist, and film technician. From 1928 to 1939, he worked in the editorial offices of the Kharkiv city and regional newspapers "Kharkiv

02.03.2015, 08:12

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Alexander Zaitsev

Poet A. Zaitsev was born on February 3, 1935, in the city of Kyzyl-Kiya, Osh region, in a family of civil servants. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in Frunze by his grandfather. In 1949, he graduated from seven grades in Frunze, in 1951 — from a vocational school in Voroshilovgrad, and in 1977 — from the correspondence department of the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army.

02.03.2015, 07:50

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kudaibergen Jumanaazarov

Poet K. Jumanaazarov was born on July 5, 1937, in the village of Jetigen, Toktogul district, Osh region, in a peasant family. In 1954, he graduated from the A. M. Gorky School No. 1 in Uch-Terek, in 1958 — from Frunze Technical School No. 1, and in 1966 — from the correspondence department of journalism at the Philological Faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography as a worker at the Frunze Agricultural Machinery Plant in 1954. From 1958 to 1960, he worked as a concrete worker at the

02.03.2015, 07:46

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Anasbek Jumaliev

Poet A. Jumaliev was born in the village of Bala-Saru (now Manas District of Talas Region) in a farmer's family. In 1965, he graduated from Chon-Kurgan Secondary School in Kirov District, and in 1973, he completed the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KSU. He began his career as a senior pioneer leader at an eight-year school in his native village. Since 1968, he worked there as a teacher of his native language and literature, and since 1983, he has been the deputy

02.03.2015, 07:34

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Alexander Zhirkov

Critic, literary scholar A. Zhirkov was born on March 25, 1935, in the village of Ostrovskoye, Karaganda region of the Kazakh SSR, in the family of a rural teacher. In 1951, he graduated from high school in Kok-Yangak (Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR), in 1956 he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU, and in 1963 he completed his postgraduate studies at KSU. In 1965, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences. He began his career as the responsible

02.03.2015, 07:26

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Nurpais Zharkynbaev

Poet N. Zharkynbaev was born in the village of Dzhanay-Aryk in the Jumgal district of the Naryn region in a peasant family. He graduated in 1957 from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1962 from the philological faculty of K. GU. From 1973 to 1975, he was a listener at the Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1962 as a proofreader at the editorial office of the newspaper "Leninchil

02.03.2015, 07:11

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Poet Zhilkychi Zhapiev

Prose writer and poet Z. Zhapiev was born in the village of Sary-Bulak in the Kalinin district of the Kyrgyz SSR to a collective farm worker's family. In 1960, he graduated from Erkin-Sai Secondary School, and in 1976, he completed the correspondence department of the philological faculty of the Kyrgyz State University named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his labor biography in 1960 as a pioneer leader in an eight-year school in his native village. From 1963 to 1966, he

02.03.2015, 07:03

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Dramatist, Screenwriter, Prose Writer Beksultan Zhakiev

Playwright, screenwriter, prose writer B. Zhakiev was born on January 16, 1936, in the village of Bokonbaev, Ton district, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1960 to 1962, he was a student at the Higher Scriptwriting Courses in Moscow. He began his labor biography as a teacher at KGMU in 1958. Since 1963, he has been a member of the script-repertoire board of

27.02.2015, 13:46

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Sandzhi Eginaliyev

Poet and prose writer S. Eginaliyev was born on December 9, 1925, in the village of Shalta, now part of the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1943, he graduated from 9th grade of secondary school, in 1949 he completed the Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze as an external student, and in 1953 he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. In 1943, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army and participated in the Great Patriotic

27.02.2015, 13:26

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Poet, Screenwriter, Translator Leonid Dyadyuchenko

Prose writer, poet, screenwriter, translator L. Dyadyuchenko was born on February 16, 1934, in Leningrad in a military family. Since 1938, he has lived in Frunze. In 1952, he graduated from Frunze Secondary School No. 6, and in 1957, he graduated from the mining and geology faculty of the FPI. He began his career as a geological engineer at the Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. Since 1961, he worked as a special correspondent for the newspaper "Soviet

27.02.2015, 13:17

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Shailoobek Duyyshev

Poet Sh. Duyshiev was born on February 29, 1950, in the village of At-Bashi, At-Bashi District, Naryn Region, in a working-class family. In 1968, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1980, he graduated from the philological faculty of K. GU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. From 1968 to 1970, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. From 1970 to 1975, he worked as a laborer at MCO, a concrete worker at PMC, and a correspondent for the district newspaper in

27.02.2015, 12:06

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet-Writer Abylkasyim Zhutakeev

Poet-writer A. Zhutakeev was born in 1888—1933 in the village of Jan-Bulak in the current Tian-Shan district of the Naryn region, in a poor family. Having lost his parents early, he worked as a laborer for wealthy landowners and manaps. He began composing his poems around the age of 13. At 15, while serving a village mullah named Budaychi, he learned to read and write and started recording his compositions from that point on. By the age of 20, he was known among his fellow villagers as a

27.02.2015, 11:40

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kenesh Dzhusupov

Prose writer K. Dzhusupov was born on April 14, 1937, in the village of On-Arch, Tian-Shan district of Naryn region, in a peasant family. In 1954, he graduated from Otkuk Secondary School, and in 1961, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. He began his labor biography in 1957 as an accountant in his native collective farm, worked as a rural librarian, and as the secretary of the primary Komsomol organization. Since 1961, he has been a literary employee at the editorial office of

27.02.2015, 09:05

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Sooronbay Jusuyev

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

27.02.2015, 08:55