Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar Auezov was born on September 28, 1897 for a great mission and realized it with full cogency. He came in the thoughts of his contemporaries and the memory of his descendants as a great writer, public figure a man of encyclopedic knowledge and erudition. Auezov is a significant person both in his life and creative activity. He wrote more than twenty plays and many magnificent stories. The top of his activity was the epopee about Abai.

The first 20years of Auezov’s life resemble the childhood, youth and young years of his favorite poet and spiritual teacher – Abai. Later in his famous work he described the same steppe, the same aul, the same social atmosphere.

He was brought up by his grandfather Auez and grandmother Dinasyl. His grandpa taught him how to read. Mukhtar finished first five grades of primary school and a teaching training seminary in Semipalatinsk. There he published his first literary work. In 1928 the young writer graduated form Leningrad University and then a post graduate course form the university in Tashkent.

With his works Mukhtar Auezov raised the Kazakh literature up to the highest level. Many works of different genres belong to him. He wrote many essays, short stories and plays. His brilliant translations of world literary classics confirm his great talent. He published many interesting articles, made reports, composed textbooks and read lectures in colleges and universities. His professional researches became basic for some new branches in studying folklore, epos, history and linguistics of the Turks. He was elected as a professor of the Moscow University.

His main work is closely connected with the image of the great son of the Kazakh people Abai. This book to which he devoted more than 15 years of his life was the most significant for him. As the writer said, the process of Writing the novels about Abai turned into the most fascinating business of all his life. This book was called the original encyclopedia of many –sided features of the Kazakh people’s mode of life. It opened a vivid variety of culture and history of the ancient land and showed the riches of its customs and traditions to the whole world.

Mukhtar Auezov died at the age of the prophet Muhammad, when he was 63 years old. His name remained eternally in the memory of many people. The works written by Mukhtar Auezov are still popular even now and are considered to be the original classics of the Kazakh literature.