Sabit Mukanov ( kk, Сәбит Мұқанұлы Мұқанов, ''Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov''; April 26, 1900 – 18 April 1973) was a

Kazakh Kazakh, Qazaq or Kazakhstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kazakhstan *Kazakhs, an ethnic group *Kazakh language *The Kazakh Khanate * Kazakh cuisine * Qazakh Rayon, Azerbaijan *Qazax, Azerbaijan *Kazakh Uyezd, administrative dis ...

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

social activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fr ...

, and

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

. He was the head of the

Writers' Union of Kazakhstan The Writers' Union of Kazakhstan ( kk, Qаzаqstаn Jаzuşylаr Odаğy, russian: Союз писателей Казахстана) is a Kazakh literary organization, established in the 1930s. Since its inception at least 750 of Kazakhstan's top ...

from 1936-37 and again from 1943-52. Sabit Mukanov was born to a Muslim family in 1900 in Tauzar Volost of Akmola Gubernia (now

North Kazakhstan Province North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakh ...

). His family worked mostly as cattle ranchers and took part in the civil war from 1918-1920. He studied in the Institute of Red Professorship 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'', and the autobiographical trilogy ''School of life''. 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 ( kz, Сәкен (Сәдуақас) Сейфуллин, ''Säken (Säduaqas) Seifullin''; 15 October 1894 – 25 April 1938) was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist.Mukhtar Auezov Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov ( kz, Mūhtar Omarhanūly Äuezov, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, ; russian: Мухта́р Омарха́нович Ауэ́зов, ''Mukhtar Omarkhanovi ...

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

Shokan Ualikhanov Shokan may refer to: * Shokan, New York, a town in the United States * Shokan Railroad Station, an abandoned railway station * Shokan (archaeological site), a village from the late Meroitic period, excavated by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, ...

and

Abay Qunanbayuli Ibrahim (Abai) Qunanbaiuly ( kk, Абай Құнанбайұлы, ; russian: Абай Кунанбаев; ) was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultur ...

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

Zhambyl Zhabayev Zhambyl Zhabaev ( kk, Жамбыл Жабайұлы; 28 February 1846 — 22 June 1945) was a Soviet and Kazakh traditional folksinger ( Kazakh: ''akyn''). Life According to a family legend, his mother, Uldan, gave birth to him near Mt. Zhambyl, ...

. In 1974 his ethnographic work "National Heritage" was published posthumously, which included research about ancient folk traditions, shezhire, the economy and life of pre-revolutionary Kazakhs, and their material and spiritual life. He died in 1973 in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

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. The Museum Complex of S. Mukanov and G. Musrepov is in Almaty.

Awards

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

* Lenin Award (twice) *Labor Red Standard award (twice) *Symbol of Honour award

References

1900 births 1973 deaths Kazakh-language poets Kazakhstani academics 20th-century poets People from North Kazakhstan Region {{Authority control Soviet writers Institute of Red Professors alumni