Sabit Mukanov ( kk, Сәбит Мұқанұлы Мұқанов, ''Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov''; April 26, 1900 – 18 April 1973) was a Kazakh

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

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, and

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

. He was the head of the

Writers' Union of Kazakhstan The Writers' Union of Kazakhstan ( kk, Qаzаqstаn Jаzuşylаr Odаğy, russian: Союз писателей Казахстана) is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh literary organization, established in the 1930s. Since its inception at least 750 of Kazak ...

from 1936-37 and again from 1943-52. Sabit Mukanov was born to a

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family in 1900 in Tauzar Volost of Akmola Gubernia (now

North Kazakhstan Province North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakh ...

). His family worked mostly as cattle ranchers and took part in the civil war from 1918-1920. He studied in the Institute of Red Professorship from 1930 to 1935. Mukanov's earliest novels were ''Son of Bai'' (1928), ''Pure Love'' (1931), and ''Temirtas'' (Iron Stone) (1935). Mukanov was the author of several novels, such as '' Botagoz'', ''Syrdaria'', and the autobiographical trilogy ''School of life''. Mukanov studied the history and theory of literature, especially Kazakh literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as the works of Kazakh prose writers and poets

Saken Seifullin Saken Seifullin ( kz, Сәкен (Сәдуақас) Сейфуллин, ''Säken (Säduaqas) Seifullin''; 15 October 1894 – 25 April 1938) was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist.Mukhtar Auezov Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov ( kz, Mūhtar Omarhanūly Äuezov, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, ; russian: Мухта́р Омарха́нович Ауэ́зов, ''Mukhtar Omarkhanovi ...

, Tair Zharokov, and Abdilda Tazhibayev. He also researched the scientific and literary heritage of Shokan Ualikhanov and

Abay Qunanbayuli Ibrahim (Abai) Qunanbaiuly ( kk, Абай Құнанбайұлы, ; russian: Абай Кунанбаев; ) was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultu ...

and was the first to expound the life and works of the great Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev. In 1974 his ethnographic work "National Heritage" was published posthumously, which included research about ancient folk traditions, shezhire, the economy and life of pre-revolutionary Kazakhs, and their material and spiritual life. He died in 1973 in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. The Museum Complex of S. Mukanov and G. Musrepov is in Almaty.

Awards

*Premium of Academy of Science of Kazakh SSR named after Shokan Ualikhanov (1966) *State premium of Kazakh SSR named after

* Lenin Award (twice) *Labor Red Standard award (twice) *Symbol of Honour award

References

1900 births 1973 deaths Kazakh-language poets Kazakhstani academics 20th-century poets People from North Kazakhstan Region {{Authority control Soviet writers Institute of Red Professors alumni