Background
Murtaza, Sherkhan was born on September 28, 1932 in Jambyl, Minbylak, Kazakhstan. Son of Berdymbet and Aisha (Yesei) Murtaza.
Murtaza, Sherkhan was born on September 28, 1932 in Jambyl, Minbylak, Kazakhstan. Son of Berdymbet and Aisha (Yesei) Murtaza.
Graduate, Moscow State University, 1955.
Fiction editor, 1955-1956; journalist, Jas Alash Almaty, 1956-1959; journalist, Sotsialistik Kazakhstan, Almaty, 1959-1963; editor-in-chief, Jas Alash, Almaty, 1963-1969; editor-in-chief, Jalyn, Almaty, 1970-1974; editor-in-chief, Zhuldyz, Almaty, 1972-1974; editor-in chief, Sotsialistik Kazakhstan, Almaty, 1990-1992; editor-in chief, Yegemen Kazahkstan, Almaty, 1980-1989; member, Parliament, Almaty.
Member Union of Writers of Kazakhstan (deputy chairman 1975-1979), Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan.
Married Mariya Agibayevna Tulepbergenova, March 15, 1958. 1 child, Batylzhan Sherkhanovich.