He graduated from the university in 1964 and was assigned to the editorial board of the United Children's Literature Publishing House.

Following discharge in 1965, he served as director of the poetry section of Edebiýat we sungat ("Literature and Art") newspaper until 1970.

[1] Gurbannazar Ezizow died tragically, shot dead by a Soviet soldier, on a highway near Gazanjyk on 20 September 1975, following an all-Union meeting of young writers and poets in Turkmenbashy.

Gurbannazar was born into a family of jewelers and was taught the art of jewelry by his father Abdyleziz.

His wife, Halsoltan, was a housekeeper until her husband died and she had to take care of their daughters and a newborn son.