Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic Sovetbek Baigaziev

Critic S. Baigaziev was born on May 1, 1945, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a peasant family. In 1964, he graduated from high school, in 1969 — from the philological faculty of KSU, and from 1972 to 1976, he studied part-time in the graduate school of the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He earned a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree in 1984. From 1969, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and from

14.12.2014, 23:57

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Poet Talantbek Baigabulov

Prose writer and poet T. Baigabulov was born in the village of Kyk-Kazyk in the present-day Talas district of the Talas region in a peasant family. In 1937, he graduated from a seven-year school in his native village, in 1940 — from a pedagogical college in Frunze, in 1952 — (part-time) from the faculty of language and literature of the teacher training institute in Frunze, and in 1956 — from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. He began his working biography in 1940 as a teacher at

14.12.2014, 21:52

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kalkanbay Ashimbaev

Prose writer K. Ashimbaev was born on September 10, 1932, in the village of Kairma-Aryk, Ak-Suy district, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from a seven-year school in his native village, in 1950 — from Sary-Kamysh Secondary School, in 1952 — from Przhevalsky Teacher's Institute, and in 1966 — from the correspondence department of journalism at the Philological Faculty of K. GU. Since 1952, he has worked as a teacher and deputy director in schools in the Kochkor

14.12.2014, 21:39

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Poet, Playwright Jackshen Ashubaev

Prose writer, poet, playwright D. Ashubaev was born in 1912—1943 in the village of Mamai, Ak-Su district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant-poor family. After finishing seven grades in his native village, he studied at the Tyup Agricultural College from 1925 to 1931. From 1931 to 1936, he worked as the chairman of the village council, deputy head in the political departments of the state farms "Kochkorka" and "Orgochor," from 1936 — secretary of the Karakol district

14.12.2014, 21:25

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator T. Akhmetov

Prose writer, translator T. Akhmetov was born in the village of Alchaluu in the Chui region of the Kirghiz SSR in a peasant family. In 1956, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1964 — from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1973 — from the postgraduate program at the Academy of Sciences of the Kirghiz SSR. From 1964 to 1966, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1966, he has worked as a proofreader at KirTAG, a research associate

14.12.2014, 21:09

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator Almazbek Atambayev

Translator A. Atambaev was born in the village of Tash-Moynok in the Alamidin district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a family of a collective farm worker. In 1973, he graduated from Tash-Moynok Secondary School and enrolled in the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute (MGRI). After the second year, he transferred to the S. Ordzhonikidze Institute of National Economy and graduated from it in 1980. Since 1980, he worked as an engineer in the Ministry of Communications of the Kyrgyz SSR, as chief

14.12.2014, 21:01

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar TENDIK ASKAROV

Critic and literary scholar T. Askarov was born on December 18, 1937, in the village of Kyzyl-Ozgoryush, Toktogul district, Osh region. In 1955, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1960, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1960 to 1963, he studied in the graduate school of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1964, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate

14.12.2014, 20:51

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Art Historian Sarman Asanbekov

Poet and art critic S. Asanbekov was born in the village of Aral in the Talas region of Kyrgyzstan into a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Secondary School No. 1 in Talas, in 1958 — from the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1966 — from the postgraduate program at the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, having interned at the Institute of Arts of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR in Moscow. He began his career in 1958 as a research associate at the KGMI, and from 1966 he

14.12.2014, 20:40

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Keneshbek Asanaliev

Critic and literary scholar K. Asanaliev was born on June 10, 1928, in the village of Sokuluk (now the city of Shopokovo in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR) into a peasant family. In 1946, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1950, he completed the Faculty of Kyrgyz Language and Literature at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. In 1950, he entered the graduate school at the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) in

28.11.2014, 16:50

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Baitemir Asanaliev

Poet B. Asanaliev was born in the village of Chet-Nuru in the Tian-Shan district of the Naryn region in a peasant family. In 1967, he graduated from the Toktogul Satylganov Secondary School in Naryn, and in 1963, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1963 as a teacher at his native school in Naryn, and since 1966, he has worked as an editor at the State Publishing House of the Kyrgyz SSR, later as an editor, and from 1979 as the chief editor of the

28.11.2014, 10:35

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Tashmat Arykov

Poet T. Arykov was born on May 3, 1937, in the village of Kosh-Dyube, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Kosh-Dyube Seven-Year School, in 1957 from the Zootechnical Faculty of Frunze Agricultural Technical School, and in 1963 from the Philological Faculty of KSU. He began his labor biography as a literary staff member of the district newspaper "Emgek danky." Since 1963, he has worked as an editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing

28.11.2014, 10:22

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar, Poet Kachkynbai Artykbaev

Critic, literary scholar, poet K. Artykbaev was born in the village of Keper-Aryk in the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1951, he graduated from Budennovskaya Secondary School, and in 1956, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography as the head of the department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Leninchil Zhas." Since 1959, he headed the department of criticism and literary studies at the magazine

27.11.2014, 19:01

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Arli Arbudu

Prose writer A. Arbudu was born in the village of Aleksandrovka, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a poor peasant. He was a Dungan Soviet writer. In 1933, he graduated from Aleksandrovka Primary School and studied at the Dungan department of the Frunze Pedagogical Technical School. In 1935, he entered the Almaty Dungan Pedagogical School, but due to the reorganization of this educational institution, he was transferred to a Kazakh pedagogical school and graduated in 1939. From 1946

27.11.2014, 18:37

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The title translates to: "Akin-improviser Barpy Alykulov."

The akyn-improviser B. Alykulov was born on September 11, 1884, and died in 1949 in the village of Achi, now part of the Suzak district of the Osh region, in a peasant-poor family. From the age of eight, he worked as a laborer for the wealthy. With the arrival of Soviet power in Kyrgyzstan, he actively participated in building a new life and fought against banditry. In the 1920s, he served as the chairman of the committee of poor peasants and as the deputy chairman of the Changet village

27.11.2014, 18:28

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, playwright, translator Midin Alybaev

Poet, playwright, translator M. Alybaev was born on December 3, 1917, and died in 1959 in the village of Chayek, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in the family of a laborer. In 1931, he graduated from a rural seven-year school, and in 1935, he graduated from the Frunze Pedagogical College, then studied for one year in courses for Komsomol workers. From 1938 to 1940, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army and participated in battles against the White Finns. From 1936 to 1938, he worked in the

27.11.2014, 15:56

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Dzhaparkul Alybaev

Poet Dzh. Alybaev was born on October 12, 1933, in the village of Birikken, Chui region of the Kirghiz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from a rural seven-year school, in 1950 — from the Frunze Pedagogical College, and in 1956 — from the Philological Faculty of KSU. From 1950, he worked as a teacher at the Ken-Bulun eight-year school in the Issyk-Ata district. From 1956 to 1965, he was a literary employee, and from 1984, he was the head of the department at the editorial office

27.11.2014, 15:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Berimkul Alybaev

Poet and translator B. Alybaev was born on July 1, 1937, in the village of Kopure-Bazar, Talas district, Talas region, in a peasant family. In 1956, he graduated from high school in the village of Bazar-Kurgan (Osh region), and in 1961, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. Since 1961, he worked as an operator at KirTAG, from 1965 as a senior editor at the republican INTI, from 1969 as a senior editor at the publishing house "Kyrgyzstan," from 1983 as a senior editor at

27.11.2014, 14:58

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Mar Aliev

Poet and prose writer M. Aliev was born on July 14, 1932, in the village of Kochkorka, Kochkorka District, Naryn Region, in the family of a civil servant. In 1950, he graduated from Kalinin Secondary School in the village of Kochkorka, and in 1958— from the sanitary-hygienic faculty of KGMU. He began his career in 1950 as a clerical worker at the Kochkorka District Court, later working as a librarian at the district library. In 1958, he was assigned to the Tian Shan Regional Sanitary and

26.11.2014, 21:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Abdulkhai Aldashev

Poet and translator A. Aldashev was born in the village of Jety-Oguz in the Jety-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, in the family of a village teacher and poet Aldash Moldo. He studied at a rural school and a boarding school. In 1939, he graduated from the zooveterinary institute in Frunze and continued his studies in graduate school. Before the Great Patriotic War, he worked as a teacher at zooveterinary and pedagogical technical schools in the city of Przhevalsk and as a lecturer at the

26.11.2014, 20:28

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Lev Aselrud

Poet L. Aselrud was born on May 21, 1933, in the village of Ilyintsy, Vinnytsia region of the Ukrainian SSR. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was evacuated to Central Asia. Since 1944, he has lived in Frunze. In 1951, he graduated from Secondary School No. 1 in Frunze, and in 1956 — from the philological faculty of KRU. He began his labor biography in 1956 as a teacher of the Russian language and literature in a rural school, then worked in a secondary school in Frunze. He has

26.11.2014, 20:13

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator Mikhail Aksakov

Prose writer and translator M. Aksakov was born in Voronezh in a family of an agronomist-forester. In 1932, he graduated from the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute for Irrigation Engineers in Tashkent. From 1939 to 1941, he studied at the correspondence department of the Geography Faculty of Leningrad State University. In 1932, he was assigned as a hydraulic engineer to the village of Karavan in the Jalal-Abad region, and from 1934 to 1942, he worked in the Hydrometeorological Service in

26.11.2014, 19:56

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Kazat Akmatov

Prose writer and playwright K. Akmatov was born in the village of Bosteri in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from high school in his hometown, and in 1967, he graduated from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KGU. From 1965 to 1966, he was a student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1958 as a worker at the horse-breeding farm No. 54.

26.11.2014, 19:03

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Sagyn Akmatbekova

Poet S. Akmatbekova was born in the village of Orto-Aryk in the Panfilov district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a peasant family. After graduating from high school in her native village in 1966, she studied at the evening department of the FPI while simultaneously working as a typist at the publishing house “Mektep.” In 1973, she graduated from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. Since 1973, she has worked as a literary staff member and later as the head of the

26.11.2014, 18:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Abdyldazhan Akmataliev

Critic and literary scholar A. Akmataliev was born on January 15, 1956, in the city of Naryn, Naryn region, in a family of civil servants. He graduated from high school in 1972 and from the philological faculty of KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR in 1977. He earned a PhD in philological sciences in 1982. From 1977 to 1978, he worked as a lecturer at the Osh Pedagogical Institute, from 1978 to 1979, he was a trainee lecturer at KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR,

26.11.2014, 18:41

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Mederbek Akimkodzhoev

Poet M. Akimkodzhoev was born in the village of Bazar-Turuk in the Jumgal district of Naryn region in a peasant family. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the primary school in the village of Kochkorka, and in 1936-1937, he attended the Frunze Zoo-Veterinary Technical School. He worked in his native collective farm from 1940 to 1942 as a district zootechnician, then, until 1946, as an accountant. In 1946, he was elected secretary of the village council, then worked as a team leader in the

26.11.2014, 18:26

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Akin-Improvizer, Singer, and Storyteller Kaly Akiev

Akin-improviser, singer and storyteller K. Akiev was born on November 3, 1883, in the village of Kuljigach in what is now the Jumgal district of the Naryn region, into a poor family. His childhood and youth were spent in the Chatkaragay area of the Ketmen-Tube valley (Toktogul district). From the age of 12, he worked as a laborer for local wealthy landowners and manaps. At lavish celebrations often organized by the rich, well-known akins-improvisers would perform, competing in aytysh (poetic

26.11.2014, 14:29

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kubanych Akaev

Poet K. Akaev was born on November 7, 1919—May 19, 1982, in the village of Kyzyl-Suu, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. He grew up and was raised in an orphanage and boarding school. In 1935, he graduated from the Dzhanay-Alysh Secondary School, and in 1939—Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. From 1939 to 1941, he worked in the editorial offices of the newspapers "Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan," "Kyrgyzstan Pioneers," and the magazine "Literature and Art." From

25.11.2014, 21:55

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Orozbek Aitimbetov

Prose writer O. Aitimbetov was born in the village of Sary-Kamysh in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant family. In 1965, he graduated from Secondary School No. 2 named after J. Bokonbaev in the town of Rybachye, and in 1967, he completed a one-year course for training Russian language teachers for national schools in the town of Tokmak. In 1976, he attended the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He

25.11.2014, 21:39

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Chinghiz Aitmatov

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24.11.2014, 21:27

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Aiyum Aitbaeva

Prose writer A. Aitbaeva was born in 1917 and passed away on June 27, 1975, in the village of Chelpek, now part of the Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a family of poor peasants. From 1928, she was raised in an orphanage in the city of Przhevalsk, studied at a vocational school, and in 1929, she was sent to study in Frunze at a women's party school. From 1931 to 1934, she studied at the school for national minorities of the Soviet East in Leningrad, where she received a general

24.11.2014, 20:14

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Tenti Adysheva

Poet T. Adysheva was born in 1920 and passed away on April 19, 1984, in the village of Kün-Chygysh, Ton District, Issyk-Kul Region, in a peasant family. In 1931, she graduated from a seven-year school in her native village, in 1937 — from the Frunze Medical College, in 1952 — from the two-year Correspondence School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, and in 1955 — from the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KSU. From 1939 to 1942, she studied

24.11.2014, 20:02

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Tursunbay Adashbaev

Poet T. Adashbaev was born in the village of Mazar in the Ala-Buka district of the Osh region into a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from the "Kyzyl" secondary school in his native village, and in 1963, he graduated from the journalism faculty of Tashkent State University. From 1980 to 1982, he was a listener at the Higher Party School of the CPSU in Moscow. From 1963 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1979, he worked as a literary employee at the editorial office of the Uzbek regional

24.11.2014, 18:42

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Kubanychbek Adamaliev

Poet and prose writer K. Adamaliev was born in the village of Kochkorka in the Kochkorka district of the Naryn region in a family of a collective farmer. In 1965, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1970 — from the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute (KGMU), and in 1976 — from the graduate school of KGMU. In 1979, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences. He began his career as a surgeon at the 3rd City Children's Hospital in Frunze and

24.11.2014, 18:36

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Mayramkan Abylkasymova

Poet M. Abylkasymova was born in the village of Almaluu in the Kemin district of the Kirghiz SSR in a teacher's family. In 1950, she graduated from a rural seven-year school, studied at a pedagogical college affiliated with the Kyrgyz Women's Teacher Training Institute, and in 1958 graduated from the Kyrgyz Women's Pedagogical Institute named after V. V. Mayakovsky. From 1958 to 1962, she worked as a literary staff member at the Osh regional newspaper "Lenin: yolu,"

24.11.2014, 18:18

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer and Poet Shabdanbai Abdyramanov

Prose writer and poet Sh. Abdyramanov was born on December 24, 1930, in the village of Kyz-Köl, Suak district, Osh region, in a peasant family. In 1943, he graduated from a seven-year school, in 1948—from Jalal-Abad Pedagogical School, in 1950—from a one-year Jalal-Abad Teacher's Institute, in 1959—from the correspondence department of the Philological Faculty of KGU, and in 1964—from the Higher Literary Courses under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. He began his labor biography in

24.11.2014, 18:01

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Akin, Collector of Kyrgyz Folklore Ibraim Abdyrahmanov

Akin, storyteller, manaschi, collector of Kyrgyz folklore I. Abdyrahmanov was born in 1888 and passed away on April 12, 1967, in the village of Chirak in the current Jety-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. From the age of seven, he studied literacy with the village mullah. In 1905, he graduated from a seven-year Tatar school in the city of Przhevalsk (formerly Karakol). He attended short-term teacher training courses in 1920 in Almaty, and in 1926-1927 and 1928 in

24.11.2014, 17:45

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator, Prose Writer Sharshenaly Abdildaev

Translator and prose writer Sh. Abdyldaev was born on May 12, 1937, in the village of Beishike, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1955, he graduated from Kichi-Kemin Secondary School, and in 1961, from the philological faculty of KSU. He began his labor biography as a worker at the M. V. Frunze Agricultural Engineering Plant. Since 1961, he worked as an editor, senior editor, and deputy chief editor at the Main Editorial Office of the State Committee of Television and Radio

24.11.2014, 09:59

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Satin Abdykerimova

The poet S. Abdykerimova was born on 13.10.1919 — 20.02.1988 in the village of Beysheke, Kirovsky District, Talas Region, in a family of poor peasants. She studied at a rural literacy school and graduated from seven grades of an evening school. She worked as a collective farm worker. S. Abdykerimova is one of the first Kyrgyz women to become a professional poet. She began publishing in 1939. Her first poetry collection "Yrlаr" ("Poems") was published in 1949. In 1958, a

24.11.2014, 09:46

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Translator Kurmanbek Abdykerimov

Critic and translator K. Abdykerimov was born in the village of Burana, Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a teacher's family. In 1956, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1961— from the Russian department of the philological faculty of KGU. From 1961 to 1969, he worked as an editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house, senior editor, and from 1974 to 1979— as the chief editor of the State Publishing House of the Kyrgyz SSR;

24.11.2014, 09:22

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Dzholdoshbay Abdykalikov

Poet J. Abdykalikov was born in the village of Tashtak in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant family. In 1954, he graduated from Tashtak Secondary School, and in 1959 — from the philological faculty of KSU. Since 1959, he worked in the editorial offices of the magazine "Zhas lenninchi" and the newspaper "Leninchil zhas", and from 1976 to 1988, he served as the editor of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan pioneri". He has been published since 1956.

24.11.2014, 09:14

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Subayilda Abdykadyrov

Poet S. Abdykadyrova was born in the village of Sary-Bulak in the Kalinin district of the Kirghiz SSR in a peasant family. In 1949, she graduated from high school in her native village, in 1952 from the pedagogical college at the Kyrgyz Women's Teacher Training Institute, and in 1957 from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute named after V. V. Mayakovsky. She began her career as a literary worker at the editorial office of the newspaper "Leninchil Zhas" in 1957, then worked at

24.11.2014, 08:59

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator Mamasaaly Abdukarimov

Prose writer and translator M. Abdukarimov was born in the village of Japalak near the city of Osh into a poor family. From 1919 to 1923, he was raised in an orphanage. In 1924-1925, he studied at the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Institute of Enlightenment in Tashkent, and from 1925 to 1930, he attended the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. He began his labor biography in 1930 as the responsible secretary of the newspaper "Leninchil Zhash," and from 1938 to 1940, he worked as an editor

24.11.2014, 08:38

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator, Prose Writer Abdukayimov Uzakbay

Translator and prose writer U. Abdulkayimov was born in 1909 and died on September 12, 1963, in the village of Bagysh, Kogart volost, Andijan district (now Suzak district of Osh region) in a peasant-poor family. Until 1923, he studied at a rural boarding school, in 1923 — at a boarding school in Tashkent, and from 1924 to 1925 — at the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Institute of Enlightenment. After the national delimitation of the republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, he transferred to the Kyrgyz

24.11.2014, 08:15

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Dramatist and Translator Abdulgafurov Abdugani

Dramatist and translator A. Abdugafurov was born on December 17, 1941, in the city of Osh to a working-class family. In 1959, he graduated from high school in Osh, in 1966 he completed the correspondence course of the philological faculty of the Osh Pedagogical Institute, and in 1978 he graduated from the correspondence course of the journalism faculty of the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow. From 1959 to 1962, he worked as a

23.11.2014, 22:33

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic Janbolot Abdrayimov

Critic J. Abdraimov was born in the village of Kichi-Kemin in the Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from Kichi-Kemin Secondary School, and in 1958 — from the philological faculty of KSU. In 1952, he worked as the head of the club in his native village, from 1958 to 1962 — as a junior editor and editor at the publishing house "Kyrgyzstan," from 1962 to 1970 — as the head of the criticism department at the editorial office of the magazine

23.11.2014, 22:25

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Toktosh Abdieva

Prose writer T. Abdieva was born on March 8, 1941, in the village of Darkhan, Jety-Oguz district, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. In 1959, she graduated from high school in her native village, and in 1964 she completed the faculty of Kyrgyz language, literature, and music at the Kyrgyz Women's Pedagogical Institute named after V. V. Mayakovsky. From 1964 to 1967, she worked as a teacher at the "Communist" high school in the Alay district of Osh region, from 1967 to 1972

23.11.2014, 22:12

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Melis Avakirov

Prose writer M. Abakirov was born on March 15, 1940, in the village of Burana, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from high school in the village of Onbir-Dzhylga, and in 1963— from the philological faculty of KRU. In 1963, he was assigned as a teacher to the M. Kureneev School in the Aravan district of Osh region, and from 1964 to 1965, he taught Kyrgyz language and literature at the eight-year school "Komsomol" in Kochkor district. Since 1965,

23.11.2014, 22:03

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Journalist Barktabas Abakirov

Poet and journalist B. Abakirov was born in the village of Kum-Dyube in the Kochkor district of the Naryn region into a peasant family. In 1950, he graduated from the M. I. Kalinin Secondary School in the village of Kochkorka, in 1955 — from the Zooveterinary Faculty of the Kyrgyz State Agricultural Institute named after K. I. Skryabin, and in 1970 — from the Journalism Faculty of the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow. From

23.11.2014, 21:51