Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar's father and grandfather Omarkhan Auez both highly revered the poet, who was a neighbour and a friend of the Auezov family.

[1] Auezov was born in a nomadic Muslim family from an area known today as Abay District, in East Kazakhstan Province.

"The young Auezov, according to the testimonies of the pedagogues, was marked for his impeccable attention, extraordinary gifts, slim build and aristocratic self-belief.

"[3] Mukhtar Auezov joined the faculty of a large state school, and he also worked holding various positions in the local government in Semipalatinsk with the Kazakh Central Executive Committee and in Orenburg.

The Kazakh State Academic Drama Theatre, the Auezov Home Museum, a school, a street and an urban area in Almaty also bear his name.

On 21 July 2022, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev unveiled a bust of Mukhtar Auezov in Kyrgyzstan.

[5] Auezov wrote numerous essays, short stories, and plays (many translated into other languages) in different genres.

The "Enilik-Kebek" play and the story "Korgansyzdyn Kuni", which was written in 1921 demonstrated to the world his great talent as a writer.

In the period 1923–1926 he authored stories such as "Okygan azamat", "Kyr suretteri", "Uilenu", "Eskilik kolenkesinde", "Kinamshil boizhetken", "Karaly sulu".

His fixation with history is demonstrated in his works "Enilik-Kebek", "Khan Kene", "Kily zmaan", "Aiman – Sholpan", and "Karakypshak Kobylandy."

In the thirties, he wrote a series of stories, such as: "Kasennin kubylystary", "Izder", "Shatkalan", "Kum men Askar", "Burtkiwi", and plays like" Aiman-Sholpan", "Tas tilek", "Shekarada", "Tungi saryn".

In 1936 he published a piece of prose called "Tatiananyn kyrdagy ani" in the Kazakh press "Kazak adebieti", that was a section from the future novel of the same name.

The great scientist and teacher, Auezov, worked on the history of Kazakhs literature, and the training of personnel.

He was the founder of the Abai studies and the principal author and editor of the multivolume "Kazak adebiet Tarihy".

He wrote over twenty plays and translated such classic works of world and Russian drama as The Inspector by Gogol, Othello and The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, Aristocrats by Nikolai Pogodin, Spring Love by Konstantin Trenyov, and Officer of the Navy by A. Kron.

In March 1961, Auezov embarked on a visit to India that included participation in the work of the III International Congress for Peace in Delhi together with a delegation headed by Nikolai Tikhonov.

Mukhtar later became friends with the son of Abai Turagulom and married Camille, granddaughter of the great poet, that is the daughter of Magauov.

Mukhtar Omarhanuly for 15 years wrote his famous four-volume epic historical novel called "Abai Joly".