Ilyas Zhansugurov (Kazakh: Ілияс Жансүгіров, Ilias Jansügırov; 1 May 1894 — 26 February 1938[1][2]) was a Kazakh poet and writer.

He made a significant contribution to the development of national poetic culture, creatively developed the traditions of Kazakh oral folk art.

He wrote the novel Comrades (1933), targeted against the Soviet power, but also wrote loving poems such as The Steppe (1930) and Kulager (1936).

He was repressed in 1937, as his writing was seen as a fuel for Kazakh nationalism, and shot on 26 February 1938.

The I. Zhansugurov Literary Museum is a center dedicated to the study of his work.