Mukhtar Auezov

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Mukhtar Auezov (Kazakh: Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, Russian: Мухтар Омарханович Ауэзов, September 28, 1897 - 1961) was a prominent Soviet Kazakh writer.

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[edit] Life

Mukhtar Auezov was born into a nomadic family the village of Chingistan in the Semipalatinsk region. His grandfather taught him to read and write. Auezov was then educated at the Semipalatinsk Teacher's Seminary and Leningrad State University.

Auezov is best known for his plays. The first play he authored was Enlik-Kebek, a story of two young lovers which bears a great resemblance to Romeo and Juliet. He authored more than twenty plays which dealt with issues relevant to Socialism in Kazakhstan.

After writing plays, Auezov changed his focus to writing novels. Two novels - Abay and The Path of Abay - dealing with the life of Kazakh poet Abay Qunanbayuli were the product of the last twenty years of his life. [1]

Auezov's other projects included drawing and translating literature into the Kazakh language

[edit] Works

  • Abay
  • The Path of Abay
  • The Hour of Trial
  • The Guard of Honor

[edit] References

  1. ^ Iraj Bashiri, Biographies: Central Asia and Iran [1]

[edit] External links

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