Background
Aitmatov, Chingiz Torekulovich was born on December 12, 1928 in Sheker Village, Kirghizia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Aitmatov Torekul and Nahima Aitmatov.
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"The source of Aimatov's Charm lies in an unusual combination of a contemporary outlook and the sensitive, poetic nature of an ancient Eastern people," a foreign reviewer noted. Chinghiz AItmatov (b. 1928) gained fame after the appearance of Jamila, his first major work. "Jamila is like one's first love, it cannot be experienced twice," Aitmatov wrote. The author's voice rings passionately in the story of a young teacher, the founder of the first school in a Kirghiz village (Duishen), it is gentle and sad as a young couple recall their lost love (To Have and to Lose), it is bold and powerful in telling the story of Tanabai Bakasov, a shepherd (Farewell, Gyulsary!). An inherent poetic quality unites all of Aimatov's work. Thus does he speak of Kirghizia, with its boundless steppes, majestic mountain ranges and its people, who are so deeply attached to their native land.
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"... a rewarding book." ―Times Literary Supplement Set in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union’s Central Asian peoples.
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Yedigei looks back on his life as he brings the body of a close friend across the steppes of Central Asia to be buried in an ancient cemetary.
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Aitmatov, Chingiz Torekulovich was born on December 12, 1928 in Sheker Village, Kirghizia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Aitmatov Torekul and Nahima Aitmatov.
Degree in Animal Husbandry, Kirghiz Agricultural Institute, Frunze, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1952. Postgraduate, Literature Institute, Moscow, 1958.
Writer since 1952; formerly Correspondent for Pravda. Chairman 1969-1986; Chair, of Union of Writers of Kirghiz S.S.R. since 1986. Candidate; Writer of Kirghiz S.S.R. 1968.
Vice-Chairman Committee of Solidarity with Peoples of Asian and African Countries. Deputy to USSR Supreme Soviet. Chairman Issyk-Kul Forum since 1986.
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(Yedigei looks back on his life as he brings the body of a...)
(THIS SHORT NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF INITIATION INTO GREAT...)
(Book by Aitmatov, Chingiz, Mukjamedzhanov, Kaltai)
( "... a rewarding book." ―Times Literary Supplement Set...)
CPSU since 1959; Central Committee of CP of Kirghiz S.S.R. 1969-1971, member since 1971. Commission, for Foreign Affairs of Soviet of Nationalities, USSR Supreme Soviet since 1974. Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR 1989.
Presidential Cabinet March since 1990. European Academy of Arts, Science and Humanity 1983, World Academy of Art and Science 1987.
Married Keres Shamshibaev, October 15, 1951 (divorced). 3 children; Married Maria Urmatov, August 8, 1981.