Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kubatbek Dzhusubaliev

Prose writer K. Dzhusubaliev was born in the village of Kerdegey in the Alay district of the Osh region in a teacher's family. In 1957, he graduated from Kerdenginskaya Secondary School, and in 1963, he completed the journalism department of the philological faculty of KSU. From 1965 to 1967, he was a student at the higher screenplay courses in Moscow. He began his work biography in 1957 as a collective farmer, and from 1963, he worked as a teacher at the eight-year school

27.02.2015, 08:31

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Kanibek Junushev

Poet K. Junushev was born in the village of Kosh-Dyube in the Kochkor district of the Naryn region in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from the "Elektr" secondary school in his native village, and in 1963, he graduated from the agronomy faculty of the Kyrgyz State Agricultural Institute named after K. I. Skryabin. In 1963, he was assigned to the collective farm named after Zhdanov in the Tian-Shan district of the Naryn region as the chief agronomist. From 1965, he worked as a

27.02.2015, 08:25

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kamchi Junusov

Poet K. Junusov was born in the village of Besh-Badam in the Nookat district of the Osh region into a peasant family of poor farmers. Having lost his parents early, he was raised in the Jalal-Abad orphanage starting from 1929. In 1937, he graduated from two courses of the agronomic (now agricultural) technical school in Osh, in 1938 — from the Republican Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, and in 1943 — from a military-political school. From 1955 to

27.02.2015, 08:11

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Ninakan Jundubaeva

The poet N. Jundubaeva was born on October 20, 1917, in the village of Kochkorka in the Kochkorka district of the Naryn region, in a family of poor peasants. From 1929 to 1934, she was raised in the Naryn orphanage, and until 1936, she studied at the ShK.M in Kochkorka. In 1956, she graduated from the Republican Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, and in 1967, she completed the correspondence department of the Almaty Higher Party School. From 1936 to

27.02.2015, 08:01

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Usenkul Jumabaev

Poet U. Jumabaev was born on March 23, 1923—August 20, 1976, in the village of Kara-Dyube, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a poor peasant. In 1941, he graduated from the Dzhanay-Alysh Secondary School, and from 1949 to 1951, he studied at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, and in 1956, he graduated from the correspondence department of the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. He began his

27.02.2015, 07:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary scholar, critic, poet Salidjan Djigitov

Literary scholar, critic, poet S. Djigitov was born in the village of Këldyk in the Uzgen district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1951, he graduated from the seven-year school in his native village, in 1954—from the Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1959—from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1962 to 1965, he studied in graduate school at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He earned a PhD

20.02.2015, 14:23

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Nurkamal Dzhetykashaeva

Poet N. Jetykashaeva was born in 1918 and passed away on September 9, 1952, in the village of Jilamish, now part of the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of poor peasants. In 1933, she graduated from the workers' faculty in Frunze, and in 1941 from GITIS named after A.V. Lunacharsky in Moscow. She began her labor biography in 1941 as an actress at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater, then worked as a research associate at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Kyrgyz Academy

20.02.2015, 14:10

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Seyit Jetimishiev

Prose writer S. Jetimishiev was born in the village of Kichi-Kemin in the Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Kichi-Kemin Secondary School, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. In the same year, he was appointed as an instructor at the Frunze Regional Committee of the Komsomol of Kyrgyzstan, and from 1959 to 1966, he worked as a radio broadcasting editor and editor of the youth editorial office of the Frunze television

20.02.2015, 13:57

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer and Satirist Kalachi Dzhaparov

Prose writer-satirist K. Dzhaparov was born in 1948 and passed away on June 10, 1986, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a peasant family. He studied at a rural school and graduated from the law faculty of KSU in 1971, after which he was drafted for active military service, where he remained until the end of his life. He began publishing in the late 1970s. His first collection of stories, "Uruksat eticiz!" ("Allow me to speak!"), was published in

20.02.2015, 13:51

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kudaibergen Dzhaparov

Prose writer K. Dzhaparov was born in the village of Saz in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from a seven-year school in his native village, in 1950 — from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1957 — from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1957 as a literary employee at the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too," where he headed the prose department from 1962. From

20.02.2015, 13:45

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Kasymaly Jantoshev

Prose writer and playwright K. Djantoshev was born in 1904 and died on August 13, 1968, in the village of Tepke in what is now the Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant-poor family. From 1918 to 1924, he studied at a rural school, and in 1930, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. He began his labor biography as a teacher at the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School and taught for some time in courses for preparing chairmen of village councils. From

20.02.2015, 13:34

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Musa Djangaziev

Poet M. Djangaziev was born in the village of Karasakal in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. From 1929, he was raised in the N. Krupskaya orphanage in Frunze, and in 1935 he was transferred to the Gulchin orphanage in the Osh region, where he studied in high school until 1940. From 1954 to 1956, he was a student at the VLK under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in Moscow. Since 1941, he has worked as the first secretary of the Gulchin district committee of the

20.02.2015, 13:19

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Djuma Jamgyrchiev

Poet Dzh. Jamgyrchiev was born in the village of Kok-Sai in the present-day Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region in the family of a local biya. During the events of 1916, he, along with refugees, ended up in China, where he worked as a laborer for the wealthy. In 1918, he returned to his homeland. In 1919, he studied at a rural literacy school, from 1922 to 1925 he attended the Central Asian State University in Tashkent, and in 1928 he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in

20.02.2015, 11:44

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Duyshubyuy Dzhamansartov

Poet D. Jamansartova was born on August 14, 1939, in the village of Jerkazar, Kant district, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1958, she graduated from high school in her native village, and in 1965— from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KSU. She began her labor biography in 1958 as a worker at the "40 Years of October" factory. Since 1965, she has been a correspondent for the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneri." D. Jamansartova began writing poetry

20.02.2015, 11:33

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Dramatist Mamat Jakypov

Dramatist M. Jakypov was born on May 26, 1923, in the village of Sary-Bulak, Soviet District, Osh Region, in a peasant family of poor farmers. In 1940, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1962, he completed a three-year directing course at the Republican House of Folk Art. In 1942, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army and served at the front. Since 1946, he worked in cultural institutions of the Alay District: as the director of the House of Culture (1946),

20.02.2015, 10:46

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator Ashim Jakypbekov

Prose writer and translator A. Jakypbekov was born on August 12, 1935, in the village of Sheker, Kirov District of the Talas Region, in a peasant family. After finishing seven years of school in his native village, he continued his studies at Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze in 1953. In 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of K. GU. From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a literary employee at the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too", from

20.02.2015, 10:31

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar. Omurkul Dzhakyshev

Critic, literary scholar. O. Dzhakyshev was born in 1909 and died on June 1, 1978, in the village of Uch-Emchek, now part of the Kant district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant-poor family. From 1921 to 1925, he was raised and studied at the Pishpek boarding school No. 3, then until 1929 at the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School, from which he was sent to the Central Asian State University in Tashkent, and from 1931 to 1934, he continued his education at the Moscow Institute of Editorial and

20.02.2015, 10:23

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Alymkan Degenbaeva

Poet A. Degenbaeva was born on May 12, 1941, in the village of Belovodskoye, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1961, she graduated from the School of Working Youth No. 7 in Frunze, and in 1967, she completed the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KGU. Since 1964, she worked as an educator at the V. Tereshkova boarding school in Osh, from 1965 as a laboratory assistant, from 1967 as a lecturer at the Osh Pedagogical Institute, from 1976 as a consultant

18.02.2015, 16:12

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar K. Dautov

Critic and literary scholar K. Dautov was born in the village of Uch-Tyube in the Alay district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from the Toktogul Secondary School in the Karasuu district, in 1961 — from the Republican Cultural and Educational College in the city of Tokmak, and in 1969 — from the Philological Faculty of KSU. From 1970 to 1973, he studied in the graduate school of the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1973,

18.02.2015, 09:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Oskan Danikeev

Prose writer O. Danikeev was born in the village of Chon-Jar in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. Losing his parents at an early age, he was raised in a boarding school at Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze. In 1956, he graduated from the Moscow Mining Institute. From 1975 to 1977, he was a student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. From 1956 to 1960, he worked as an engineer at the mines of

18.02.2015, 09:13

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Translator Veniamin Goryachikh

Critic and translator V. Goryachikh was born on March 29, 1916—July 22, 1972, in the city of Biysk, in a working-class family. In 1935, he graduated from high school in the city of Alexandrovsk on Sakhalin. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Communication Engineers, and from 1935 to 1940—at the correspondence department of the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature. He began his working biography at the age of 13 as an apprentice at brick and lime factories, working as a

18.02.2015, 08:59

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Murza Gaparov

Prose writer, playwright, screenwriter M. Gaparov was born on March 22, 1936, in the village of Noigut, Nookat District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Nookat Secondary School named after Fedorov, and in 1962, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1965 to 1967, he was a student at the Higher Scriptwriting Courses in Moscow. He began his labor biography as a collective farmer and then worked as a laborer in a geological exploration team until 1957.

18.02.2015, 05:41

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary scholar, translator Valery Vakulenko

Literary scholar, translator V. Vakulenko was born in the settlement named after M. V. Frunze in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a working-class family. In 1963, he graduated from high school in his hometown, and in 1971, he graduated from the philological faculty of Leningrad State University named after A. Zhdanova. From 1964 to 1967, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. He began his professional career in 1971 as an editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house, and

04.01.2015, 10:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Mariyam Bularkieva

Poet M. Bularkieva was born in the village of Kozuchak in the Talas district of the Talas region in a peasant family. In 1954, she graduated from high school in her native village, and in 1959, she graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1963 to 1965, she was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. She began her labor biography in 1959 as an editor at Kiruchpedgiz, and from 1966, she served as the responsible secretary, and from 1980, as

20.12.2014, 11:03

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Playwright Tursunaly Bostonkulov

Poet and playwright T. Bostonkulov was born in the village of Ana-Kyzyl in the Uzgen district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1971, he graduated from the X. Tashirov Secondary School (Kara-Suu district), and in 1984 — from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. From 1971 to 1973, he served in the Soviet Army, and from 1973 to 1979, he worked as a collective farmer and laborer. Since 1984, he has been working as a proofreader at the

20.12.2014, 10:54

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Anatoly Bortsov

Poet A. Bortsov was born in the city of Odessa in a family of a doctor. In 1932, he graduated from a seven-year school in Odessa, then studied at a vocational school for tram drivers. From 1933 to 1938, he worked as a mechanic at various enterprises in Odessa. From 1938 to 1949, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. In 1949, he moved to Frunze. From 1950 to 1953, he worked as the commandant of the RPSH under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. In 1954, he was

20.12.2014, 10:31

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Improvisational Poet Ismail Boronchiev

Improvisational poet I. Boronchiev was born in 1910 - 1978 in the village of Alchaluu, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of poor peasants. In 1929, he joined a collective farm. This period marks the beginning of his creative activity. He became known among the people as a singer-improviser. In 1936, he was accepted as a soloist in the Kyrgyz State Philharmonic. That same year, his poem "The First Five-Year Plan" was published for the first time, followed by the poem

20.12.2014, 10:19

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary scholar, prose writer, playwright, poet Mukhtar Borbugulov

Literary scholar, prose writer, playwright, poet M. Borbugulov was born on May 5, 1930, in the village of Kyz-Köl, Suzak district, Osh region, in a peasant family of modest means. From 1946, he studied at the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical School, from 1947 at the Teacher Training Institute, and in 1949 he transferred to the second year of the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute in Frunze. In 1952, he entered the graduate school of the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the USSR Academy of

20.12.2014, 09:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Erkin Borbiyev

Prose writer, playwright, screenwriter E. Borbiev was born on August 12, 1937, in the village of Kashka-Suu, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a teacher's family. After graduating from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze in 1956, he studied at the FPI, and from 1960 to 1966 — at the journalism department of the philological faculty of KGU; from 1971 to 1973 — a student at the Higher Directing and Screenwriting Courses in Moscow. From 1960 to 1963, he worked as

20.12.2014, 08:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator S. Bolekbaev

Prose writer and translator S. Bolekbai was born in the village of Kyzyl-Dyikan in what is now the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1937, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. From 1952 to 1955, he studied in the evening department of the philological faculty of KRU. While a student at the pedagogical technical school, he worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Leninchil Zhas," where he later worked in 1941 and from 1947

19.12.2014, 11:39

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Improvising Singer, Poet-Songwriter Osmoyakul Bolebalaev

Improvisational singer and akyn-songwriter O. Bolebalaev was born in 1888—1967 in the village of Chondaly (now part of the Kant district of the Kyrgyz SSR) in a family of a herdsman. He learned to read and write from the village mullah. In his youth, he composed love lyrical and lyrical-epic songs. As an improvisational singer, he emerged after the Great October Socialist Revolution. The development of O. Bolebalaev's creativity as an akyn was significantly influenced by K. Akiev, with

19.12.2014, 11:28

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, playwright Dzhomart Bokonbaev

Poet and playwright J. Bokonbaev was born on May 16, 1910 — July 1, 1944, in the village of Mazar-Sai in what is now the Toktogul district of the Osh region, into a poor family. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in the Kogart orphanage near Jalal-Abad from 1924 to 1926. From 1926 to 1931, he studied first at the Osh and then at the Frunze Pedagogical Technical Schools, and from 1933 to 1935 — at the Communist Institute of Journalism in Moscow. From 1931 to 1933, he worked

19.12.2014, 11:06

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Poet, Prose Writer Kambarly Bobulov

Critic, poet, prose writer K. Bobulov was born on May 15, 1936, in the village of Osor, Nookat district, Osh 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 KSU. In 1962, he entered the graduate school of the AON under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. After a brief break, he resumed his studies in 1965 and defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological

17.12.2014, 21:44

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kanbolot Berdikeev

Prose writer K. Berdikeev was born on September 1, 1939, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a peasant family. In 1955, he graduated from Chayek Secondary School, and in 1960, he graduated from the veterinary faculty of the Kyrgyz State Agricultural Institute named after K. I. Skryabin. He began his labor biography in 1960 as a veterinarian in the collective farm named after V. I. Lenin, and from 1964 he worked as the deputy head of the district veterinary station, from

17.12.2014, 21:34

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Abdravit Berdibaev

Poet A. Berdibaev was born on 9. 1916—24. 06. 1980 in the village of Maltabar, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a poor family. He lost his sight in childhood. From 1944 to 1953, he worked as a soloist at the Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz State Philharmonic. From an early age, he became fond of oral tales and songs of his native people and performed them for his family. At the age of ten, he began to pick melodies on the komuz, and in his older years, he traveled to villages, memorizing new songs

17.12.2014, 21:28

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kemel Belekov

Poet K. Belekov was born on November 23, 1956, in the village of Korumdu, Issyk-Kul district, Issyk-Kul region, in a family of civil servants. In 1974, he graduated from Korumdin Secondary School, and in 1979, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. From 1980 to 1985, he worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Leninchil zhash," and as a literary employee in the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too." Since

16.12.2014, 22:01

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Abdilda Belekov

Poet A. Belekov was born on February 1, 1928, in the village of Korumdu, Issyk-Kul District, Issyk-Kul Region, in a poor family. In 1943, he graduated from Toktogul Satylganov Secondary School in the village of Temirovka, and then studied for a while at short-term teacher training courses. From 1948 to 1952, he studied at the Faculty of Kyrgyz Language and Literature at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, and from 1957 to 1959, he was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the

16.12.2014, 21:56

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator Suyuntbek Bektursunov

Translator S. Bektursunov was born on December 20, 1909, and died on June 13, 1962, in the village of Uch-Koshoy, currently in the Talas district of the Talas region, in a family of poor farmers. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised in an orphanage and studied at a rural school. In 1930, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. He began his labor biography in 1930 as the director of a school in the village of Aravan in the Osh region and then worked for some time

16.12.2014, 21:47

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Kasymaly Bektenov

Prose writer and playwright K. Bektenov was born in the village of Dolinka in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant-poor family. Having lost his parents early, he worked as a laborer. He studied at a workers' faculty and graduated from GITIS named after A. V. Lunacharsky in Moscow in 1941. From 1949 to 1950, he was a student at the higher directing courses at the Tashkent Theatre Institute named after A. N. Ostrovsky. During the Great Patriotic War, he was at the

16.12.2014, 19:19

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator 3iyash Bektenov

Translator Z. Bektenov was born on October 29, 1911, in the village of Ken-Suu in the current Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region, in the family of a rural paramedic. In 1925, he graduated from elementary school in his native village, in 1930 — from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze, and in 1940 — from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. He began his career in 1930 as the head of the district education department in the city of Sulyukt. From 1931 to 1932, he worked as the

16.12.2014, 19:09

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Jayloobek Bekniyazov

Poet J. Bekniyazov was born in the village of Kyzyl-Dyikan in the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from Budennovskaya Secondary School, and in 1964 — from the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at Przhevalsky Pedagogical Institute. In 1964, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1965, he worked as a teacher at his native Budennovskaya Secondary School, from 1967 — as a proofreader at the publishing house

16.12.2014, 19:02

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Shukurбек Beishenaliev

Prose writer and playwright Sh. Beishenaliev was born in the village of Kurtka in the current Ak-Talinsky district of the Naryn region into a peasant family. In 1943, he graduated from the incomplete secondary school named after Togolok Moldo in his native village, and in 1952, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1962 to 1964, he was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the Union of Soviet Writers in Moscow. He began his labor biography as a teacher at an

16.12.2014, 18:55

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kasymaly Bayalinov

Prose writer K. Bayalynov was born on September 25, 1902—September 3, 1979, in the Kotmaldy area (village of Kok-Moynok, now in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region) in a family of semi-nomadic middle peasants. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by relatives. During the events of 1916, he found himself in China among refugees. After the Great October Revolution, upon returning to his homeland, he worked as a laborer for kulaks in the village of Kochkorka, and in 1918 he walked

16.12.2014, 18:40

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Khalil Bapaev

Critic, literary scholar X. Bapaev was born in the village of Alim-Tep in the Karasuu district of the Osh region into a peasant family. In 1945, he graduated from the seven-year school in his native village, in 1948 — from the pedagogical college in Osh, in 1953 — from the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1962 — from the graduate school of KGU. He earned a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree in 1963. He began his career in 1953 as a teacher at the pedagogical college named after J.

16.12.2014, 18:25

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer, Playwright Nasirdin Baytemirov

Poet, prose writer, playwright N. Baytemirov was born on April 14, 1916, in the village of Kegety, Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. From 1924 to 1933, he studied at a rural school, graduated from the zooveterinary institute in Frunze in 1937, and in 1955 graduated from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. From 1937 to 1939, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and after demobilization until 1945, he worked as an accountant,

16.12.2014, 17:51

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Tumenbai Baizakov

The poet T. Baizakov was born on September 23, 1923, in the village of Bokey, Suzak District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1940, after graduating from the Tashtak Seven-Year School (now the village of Barpy) named after N.K. Krupskaya, he enrolled in the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical School, and in 1941 he was sent to a military school in Grozny. From 1948 to 1950, he studied at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1954 he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. In 1942, he

16.12.2014, 16:33

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary Scholar, Critic, Playwright Tashim Baidzhiev

Literary scholar, critic, playwright T. Baidzhiev was born in the village of Tepke in the current Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant-poor family. In 1930, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School, and in 1940 — from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. From 1930 to 1932, he worked as the director of the Gulchin orphanage in the Osh region, and from 1932 to 1936, he was the deputy director of the Jalal-Abad Medical College, teaching the Kyrgyz language,

16.12.2014, 15:54

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Mar Baidzhiev

Prose writer and playwright M. Baidzhiev was born on March 23, 1935, in the city of Jalal-Abad in a family of civil servants. In 1954, he graduated from Secondary School No. 24 in Frunze, and in 1960, he completed the Russian department of the philological faculty at KGU. From 1962 to 1964, he studied at the Higher Scriptwriting Courses in Moscow. In 1960, he was sent to the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio as a correspondent for the chronicle, later working as a senior editor in the script

15.12.2014, 00:12