Poet T. Moldobaev was born on March 15, 1934, in the village of Tegene, Jangi-Jol District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from high school in Jalal-Abad, and in 1957, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU.Since 1957, he has worked in the editorial office of the Jalal-Abad regional newspaper "Kommunizm tuusu," then as a literary employee in the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan pioneri," and as a senior editor of the literary editorial office in the State Television and Radio Committee of the Kyrgyz SSR. From 1967 to 1981, he served as head of the department in the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan madaniyaty." He is currently engaged in creative work.
He has been published since 1952. His first poetry collection "Jailoo" was published in 1962. He is the author of more than ten poetry collections in his native language and two collections in Russian, as well as five translated editions. He has participated in many collective translated anthologies. Notable in the poet's translation activity are the collections of proverbs and sayings of the peoples of the USSR "Narodnaya zhemchuzhina" (1981) and "Klad" (1987).
He has been a member of the CPSU since 1962, a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1966, and a member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR since 1959.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language
Jailoo: Collection of poems. —F.: Kyrgyzokuupedmambas, 1962. — 59 p. Jailoo.
Zhurvgumde Ala-Too: Collection of poems. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1965. — 119 p. Ala-Too in the heart.
Kosmosko zhol: Poems. — F.: Mektep, 1966.—93 p. Path to space.
Kuttuu meken: Poems. —F-: Mektep, 1970 — 80 p. Happy land.
Tuuğan jerdi sagynuu: Poems. — F.: Mektep, 1973. — 82 p. Thoughts about the native land.
Zamandashym syrdashym: Poems. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1978. — 76 p. Reflections of time.
Kunstan: Poems. — F.: Mektep, 1982.— 104 p. Land of the sun.
Oiy kerbeni: Poems. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1984. — 243 p. Caravans of thoughts.
in Russian language
Pervoputok: Poems. —F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1974. — 73 p. Dobrota: Poems. — F.: Mektep, 1980. — 68 p.
TRANSLATIONS
Kambarova N. Lastochka: Stories and novella. —F.: Mektep, 1976.— 72 p.
Narodnaya zhemchuzhina: Proverbs. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1983. —184 p.
Sokrovishche: Proverbs and sayings of the peoples of the USSR. — F.: Mektep, 1987,— 136 p.
Tsereteli A. Letuchaya mysh: Fairy tales. — F.: Mektep, 1987. — 20 p.