Poet, playwright, translator E. Tursunov was born on August 24, 1935, in Frunze in a family of civil servants. In 1952, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1952 to 1953, he studied at Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov in Moscow.He began his career in 1958 as the deputy head of the arts department of the Ministry of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR. From 1960, he worked as a senior editor at the film studio "Kyrgyzfilm," and from 1961, he was a teacher in secondary schools in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Since 1965, he worked in the press organs of the republic, and from 1982 to 1984, he was the head of the literary department of the Kyrgyz Academic Drama Theater named after the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
He has been published since 1948. His first poetry collection "Gul" ("Flower") was published in 1956. He is the author of several plays: "The Beauties," "Truth Concedes, but Does Not Forgive," and others. E. Tursunov is one of the best Kyrgyz translators of world and Russian classical literature. His translations of A. S. Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" and A. N. Nekrasov's poem "Who Lives Well in Russia" are rightly considered a creative success of E. Tursunov as an outstanding translator. The writer also tries his hand at the genre of the novel. His novel "Native Nomad" was published in the journal "Ala-Too" (No. 12, 1986, No. 1, 1987).
Member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1969.
Awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language:
Gul: Collection of poems and poems. — Fr.: Kyrgyzokuupedmambas, 1956. —86 p. Flower.
Dostuk syry: Stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzokuupedmambas, 1957. —138 p. The Secret of Friendship.
Aykhumushtun aytkandary: Fables. — Fr.: Kyrgyzokuupedmambas, 1959. —110 p. The Legend of Aykumush.
Bulbul: Collection of poems. — Fr.: Mektep, 1965. —90 p. Nightingale.
Jigitter: Lyric poetry book. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1970. —126 p. Mountain Boys.
Biiktyk: Lyric. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1973. —121 p. Height.
Avtoportrait: Lyric. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1978. —122 p.
Badakhshan: Ballads, novellas, stories. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1981. —232 p.
Jaiqy jamgyr: Poems, stories, and fables. — Fr.: Mektep, 1982. —32 p. Summer Rain.
Cheksiz suiyuu: Lyric. — Fr.: Mektep, 1983. —100 p. Infinity.
TRANSLATIONS
Pushkin A. S. Eugene Onegin: A Novel. — Fr.: Mektep, 1967. —352 p.
Nekrasov N. A. Who Lives Well in Russia. — Fr.: Mektep, 1975. —111 p.
Pushkin A. S. Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse. — Fr.: Kyrgyzstan, 1988. —312 p.