His father, Yusup Oxun Sayekeyev (1875–1931), was a religious leader and a large landowner, who participated in armed rebellions against the Soviet regime with local Basmachi fighters.

Yusup Oxun Sayekeev belonged to the lineage of the "Anna" Karakalpak tribal leaders (biys).

[1] From 1961 to 1962, he was the editor-in-chief of the "Amudarya" journal, and then he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Academy of Sciences of Karakalpak.

[3] He married Bibizada Jumanazarova, the daughter of Mateka Jumanazarov, the chairman of the Presidium of Karakalpakstan (1941–1960).

He was personally acquainted with Sharof Rashidov, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan.

He is the author of the plays "Forty Girls" (with A. Shomuratov, 1965), "The Fate of the Actress" (1967), "Umirbek’s Law" (1971), "Mangu Spring" (1971), and the libretto of "Ajiniyoz."

In addition, Yusupov’s epics "Where the Acacia Blooms," "The Truth about the Carpet Weaver Woman," "The Deserts of Joy," "Mangu Spring" are also considered to be the greatest achievements of the 20th-century Karakalpak literature.

[1][6] He translated the works of the classics of world literature into Karakalpak (Mangu Springs, 1986).