Chinghiz Aitmatov
December 12, 1928 –June 10, 2008
Politician, Diplomat, Journalist, Translator, Novelist, Screenwriter
Lived 79 years
- Born in
- Sheker
- Passed away in
- Nuremberg
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-known figures in Kyrgyz literature.
Notable works: The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, The White Ship, The First Teacher, Jamilia, Farewell, Gulsary!, The Place of the Skull, Cranes Fly Early Awards: USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Alexander Men Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal of Krupskaya, Order of Friendship, Medal "For Distinguished Labour" Education: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
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