Sabit Mukanov (, ''Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov'', , transliterated ''Sabit Mukanovich Mukanov''; 26 April 1900 – 18 April 1973) was a Kazakh and Soviet poet, writer, publicist, scientist Academician of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences. Sabit Mukanov played also a major role in the political and public life of Kazakhstan. He was the head of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan in 1936-37 and again from 1943 to 1952. Sabit Mukanov was born to a

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family in Tauzar Volost of Akmolinsk Oblast (now The

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). His family worked mostly as cattle ranchers for rich people. In 1918 Sabit Mukanov took part in the

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. He studied in the Institute of Red Professorship in Moscow 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'', the autobiographical trilogy ''School of life, Flashed Meteor, etc.'' 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 (, ''Säken (Säduaqas) Seifullin''; 15 October 1894 – 25 April 1938) was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet, writer, and a national activist.

Mukhtar Auezov Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov (, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, ; , ''Mukhtar Omarkhanovich Auezov;'' 28 September 1897 – 27 June 1961) was a Kazakh people, Kazakh writer, a social ...

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

Abai Qunanbaiuly Abai Qūnanbaiūly () was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. Early life and education Abai was born in K ...

and was the first to expound the life and works of the great Kazakh poet

Zhambyl Zhabayuly Zhambyl Zhabaev (; 28 February 1846 — 22 June 1945) was a Soviet and Kazakh traditional folksinger (). Life According to a family legend, his mother, Uldan, gave birth to him near Mt. Zhambyl, close to the headwaters of the Chu River while fle ...

. In 1974 his ethnographic work "National Heritage" was published posthumously, which included research about ancient folk traditions, shezhire, the social-economical factors and spiritual life of pre-revolutionary Kazakhs. His works have been translated into more than 46 languages and his books are in the US Library of Congress. Sabit Mukanov's biography was included in the international encyclopedia "Who is Who?"(USA, 1969). He died in 1973 in

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. The Museum Complex of S. Mukanov and G. Musrepov is in Almaty. The North Kazakhstan Kazakh Musical and Drama Theatre is named after Sabit Mukanov.

Awards

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

*Two

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*Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour *

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Awards

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