Poet and prose writer Sh. Esengulov was born on March 22, 1940, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a family of a civil servant. In 1958, he graduated from Kyz-Kel Secondary School in the village of Ak-Took, Suzak District, Osh Region; in 1963, he graduated from the cultural and educational college in Tokmak; in 1971, he completed the correspondence department of journalism at the Philological Faculty of the KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR; and in 1983, he graduated from the Higher Courses for Directors at the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow.He began his labor biography in 1958 as a blacksmith in the collective farm named after V. I. Lenin in the Jumgal District. From 1963, he worked as an inspector in the Kochkor District Department of Culture, and from 1965, he served as the director of the House of Culture in the Kochkor District. From 1971 to 1977, he was the director of the Jumgal People’s Theater, where he created the folklore ensemble "Bekbekey," and from 1984, he served as the artistic director and director of this ensemble. From 1977 to 1984, he worked in print media in Frunze.
He has been published since 1963. His first poetry collection "Kadam" ("Steps") was published in 1972. He is the author of several novellas, short stories, plays, and a script for the people's theater.
A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1968 and a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1979.
SEPARATE PUBLICATIONS
in Kyrgyz language:
Kadam: Ырлар. — Frunze: Мектеп, 1972. — 56 pages. Steps.
Ak shoola: Novella. — Frunze: Мектеп, 1974. — 163 pages. White ray.
From: Novella: "Ak shoola" баянынын 2-китеби. — Frunze: Мектеп, 1976. — 158 pages. Trace.
Aсыл: Novella, ацгемелер жана пьеса: "Ak shoola" баянынын 3-китеби. — Frunze: Мектеп, 1979. — 212 pages.
Ишеним: Ангемелерден турган баян. — Frunze: Кыргызстан, 1983. — 232 pages. Conviction.