Prose Writer Jumatai Sharshiev
Prose writer J. Sharshiev was born on July 17, 1942, in the village of Ak-Beshim, Chui region, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1959, he graduated from Ak-Beshim Secondary School, and in 1964— from the philological faculty of KGU. In 1964, he was assigned as a teacher to a secondary school in the village of Novorossiysk, Kemin district. He worked for some time in Kegetin and Alchalin secondary schools in the Chui region. From 1964 to 1967, J. Sharshiev served in the ranks of the Soviet Army.