Background
DONENTAYEV, Sabit was born in 1894 in aul Number. 4, Aksysk former small rural district’, former Semipalatinsk Province. Son of a peasant.
DONENTAYEV, Sabit was born in 1894 in aul Number. 4, Aksysk former small rural district’, former Semipalatinsk Province. Son of a peasant.
Worked as teacher, then miner in Ekibastuz. 1913 first work published. Continued satirical tradition of Abay Kunanbayev.
Influenced by Saltykov-Shchedrin and Nekrasov. His pre-revol works dominated by ideas of enlightment. Critic of feudalistic society
Later works deal with victory of Revol, emancipation and equality of women, collectivization, et cetera One of first Kaz poets to write about Lenin. Translated Russian and Tatar poets into Kazakhstan
1917-1920, according to Soviet press, deviated from official Party line:.