Poet S. Eraliyev was born on October 15, 1921, in the village of Uch-Emchek (now the Talas district of the Talas region) into a peasant family. In 1940, he graduated from high school, and from 1951 to 1954, he was a student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and from 1965 to 1967, he attended the Higher Literary School under the Union of Soviet Writers in Moscow.During the Great Patriotic War, from 1942 to 1944, he fought at the front and was wounded twice. From 1944 to 1951, he worked as the responsible secretary of the Talas regional newspaper "Lenindik Tuu." In 1954, he was appointed the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneri," served as the secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of Kyrgyzstan from 1959 to 1965, and was a literary consultant from 1967 to 1984.
He has been published since 1939. His first poetry collection "Birinchi Janyryk" ("First Sound") was published in 1949. A special place in the poet's work is occupied by poems about the Great Patriotic War, where he received his harsh life lessons. During these years, he was forming as a citizen and an artist. A significant creative success for S. Eraliyev was his poem "Ak-Meer," published in 1959. This lyrical poem, written on a historical theme, deepened and expanded the possibilities of traditional versification. He was the first in Kyrgyz poetry to masterfully use the form of free verse. An example of this is the poem "K Zvezdam" ("To the Stars"), written in 1966. An undeniable creative success in the poet's translation activities is the collections of poems by W. Whitman, R. Tagore, M. Tursun-Zade, and the adaptation into Kyrgyz of "The Book about the Fighter" ("Vasily Terkin") by A. Tvardovsky, which is considered one of the best examples of artistic poetic translation in Kyrgyz literature.
The works of S. Eraliyev have been published in Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Tajik, Karakalpak, and Kazakh languages, and the poem "K Zvezdam" was published in Yugoslavia in 1967.
People's Poet of Kyrgyzstan (1974).
In 1981, the poet was awarded the All-Union Literary Prize named after A. A. Fadeev, and in 1986, he received the State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR named after Toktogul Satylganov for the book "Aiyl Kechteri" ("Village Evenings"), published in 1985.
Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1942, member of the Union of Soviet Writers since 1948.
He has been awarded the Orders of Friendship of Peoples, the Order of the Patriotic War I class, medals "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945," "20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945," "30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945," "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR," "For Labor Distinction," "For Valorous Labor. In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin," "Veteran of Labor," Honorary Certificates from the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR, as well as from the Ukrainian SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, Moldavian SSR, and Karakalpak ASSR.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language:
Birinchi Janyryk: Yrlard. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1949. — 78 p. First Sound.
Tuugan Jer: Yrlard Jiyinagy. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1950. — 84 p. Native Land.
Ak-Meer: Lirikalyk Poema. — F.: Kyrgyzmambas, 1959. — 224 p.
Tunku Syr: Poema Jana Yrlard. — F.: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1960. — 99 p. Night Secret.
Uyach Jyldyzdar: Yrlard Jana Poemalar Jiyinagy. — F.: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1962. — 186 p. Shy Stars.
Kunderd: Satardyn Kundelugu. — F.: Kyrgyzokupedmambas, 1964. — 79 p. Days.
Jaiynda: Satardyn Kundelugu. — F.: Mektep, 1966. — 86 p. In Summer.
Jyldyzdarga Sayakat: Poema Jana Yrlard. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1966. — 81 p. Journey to the Stars.
Vmurlarga Sayakat: Poemalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1967. — 104 p. Journey to Life.
Zhol: Poema. — F.: Mektep, 1969. — 79 p. Road.
San Toolor: Yrlard Jana Poema. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1971. — 266 p. Endless Mountains.
Karkyra: Yrlard. — F.: Mektep, 1972. — 88 p. Cranes.
Kyrgyz Jany: Yrlard, Poemalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1974. — 139 p. Kyrgyz Soul.
Aiyl Yrlary: Yrlard Jana Poemalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1976. — 244 p. Village Motifs.
Sagynganda: Lyrika. — F.: Mektep, 1977. — 103 p. Dream.
Tandalmalar: Yrlard Jana Poemalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1978. — 463 p. Selected.
Bizdin Suular: Yrlard. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1980. — 212 p. Our Rivers.
Tandalgan Chygarmalar: Yrlard, Poemalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1981. — 400 p. Selected Works.
Tandalgan Chygarmalar. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1983. — 412 p. Selected Works.
Bizdin Zherdin Kerku Ai: Yrlard. — F.: Mektep, 1983. — 16 p. Our Land is a Beautiful Land.
Kyshtak Kechteri: Yrlard-Jana Poema. — F.: Mektep, 1985. — 149 p. Village Evenings.
Kyzgylt Bagymdat: Yrlard. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1987. — 312 p. Scarlet Sunset.
in Russian language:
Vesennie Tsvety: Stikhi i Poema. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1958. — 156 p.
Poema o Lyubvi. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1958. — 168 p.
Upryamaia Krasavitsa: Poema. — M.: Sov. Pisatel, 1960. — 95 p.
Poema o Lyubvi. — M.: Mol. Gvardiya, 1962. — 104 p.
Zastenchivye Zvezdy: Stikhi, Skazki, Poemy. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1963. — 104 p.
Mnogoi u menya Druzei. — M.: Detgiz, 1968.
Satar Dostayet Oblaka. — M.: Detgiz, 1968.
Belye Zapakhi: Stikhi i Poemy. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1969. — 136 p.
Satar Dostayet Oblaka: Rasskaz v Stikhakh. — M.: Det. Lit., 1970. — 48 p.
Zemnoe Vremya: Stikhotvoreniya i Poemy. — M.: Khudozh. Lit., 1973. — 253 p.
Dobrota: Stikhi. — M.: Sov. Pisatel, 1977. — 175 p.
Pamyatnik Solntsu: Stikhi i Poema. — M.: Voenizdat, 1978. — 102 p.
Izbrannoe. — M.: Khudozh. Lit., 1981. — 223 p.
Za Kochuyushchimi Oblakami: Stikhotvoreniya, Poema. — F.: Mektep, 1982. — 124 p.
Prekrasna Nasha Zemlya: Stikhi. — F.: Mektep, 1984. — 14 p.
in the languages of the peoples of the USSR:
Mnogoi u menya Druzei: Stikhi. — Nukus: Karakalpakia, 1967. — 63 p. — Karakalp.
Ekho Zemli: Stikhi. — Dushanbe: Irfon, 1977. — Taj.
Ya Syn Gor: Stikhi i Poema. — Tashkent: Izdatel'stvo Lit. i Iskusstva, 1980. — 95 p. — Uzbek.
U Podnozh'ya Ala-Too: Stikhotvoreniya i Poema. — Kiev: Rad. Pismennik, 1983. — 143 p. — Ukr.
TRANSLATIONS
Toka Salchak. Slova Arata: Povest. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1955. — 132 p.
Tvardovsky A. Vasiliy Terkin. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1956. — 207 p.
Baruzdin S. Ravi i Shashi. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1957. — 42 p.
Bekhozhin K. Mariya — Doch' Egora: Poema. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1957. — 42 p.
Sorok Devushek: Karakalpakskaya Narodnaya Geroicheskaya Poema. — F.: Kyrgyzgosizdat, 1960. — 332 p.
Mezhelaytis E. Kastant — Muzykant. — F.: Mektep, 1965. — 62 p.
Aybek. Detstvo: Povest. — F.: Mektep, 1970. — 264 p.
Whitman Walt. List'ya Trafa: Stikhi. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1970. — 128 p.
Tagore Rabindranath. Poslednee Pismo: Stikhi. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1972. — 118 p.
Rozhdestvenskiy R. Rovesniki: Stikhi. — F.: Kyrgyzstan, 1975. — 51 p.
Shiller F. Mariya Styuart: Tragediya. — F.: Mektep, 1975. — 84 p.
Mezhelaytis E. Kastant — Muzykant: Poema. — F.: Mektep, 1984. — 56 p.