Omor Sooronov, a poet, writer, and literary scholar, was a member of the Union of Writers of Kyrgyzstan. He was also a laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology, a holder of the Order of "Manas" III degree, and an honorary professor at the Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn.
Photo from the archive. Omor Sooronov
He was born on February 28, 1940, in the village of Gologon in the Bazar-Korgon district. In 1967, he graduated with honors from the philological faculty of the Kyrgyz State University, after which he began teaching at the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical College named after A. S. Pushkin.
From 1969, his professional career continued at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan.
From 1979 to 1981, he headed the editorial office of fiction at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house.
From 1992 to 1995, Omor Sooronov taught at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical University named after I. Arabayev and worked as a senior researcher at KNAU.
Sooronov's literary career began with poetry; his first works began to appear in print in 1957. His first collection of poems, "Tooloromdun zynaty," was published in 1971. In total, he published eight poetry collections, including "Eki togolok" (1993) for children and adolescents. His poem "Alykul" brought him his first recognition, winning first prize.
Omor Sooronov dedicated significant time to the study of literary studies and artistic criticism. He revived forgotten works of Kyrgyz authors by translating texts from Arabic and Latin scripts into modern Kyrgyz. Among his publications are "Majmu at-tavarikh" (late 15th century), "Sanat digarasttar" by Moldo Niyaz, and "Kazaldar" by Moldo Kylch.
He also studied the manuscripts of "Manas" by Togolok Moldo and prepared a monograph on the epic events of the Manas trilogy. His research covered the works of Mukai Elebaev, and he published a documentary story titled "Mukai."
Sooronov was one of the authors of the two-volume work "History of Kyrgyz Soviet Literature" (1987, 1990), the seven-volume "History of Kyrgyz Literature" (2004, 2005), and the main work "Anthology of Pedagogical Thought of the Kyrgyz SSR," published in Moscow in 1988.
The total volume of his publications exceeds four hundred articles in various newspapers, magazines, and encyclopedias. In 2009, his two-volume work "Word about Manuscripts" was published by the "Turar" publishing house.
For his achievements in science and culture, Omor Sooronov was awarded the title of "Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic," as well as the State Prize in the field of science and technology and the Order of "Manas" III degree. His name is included in the lists of distinguished workers of public education and laureates of the Mukai Elebaev Literary Prize.
