Today we will talk about one of the most famous Soviet writers. More precisely, we will be interested in the biography of Chingiz Aitmatov. The name of this outstanding author is known to all of us from the school bench, but few remember his life path. That is why we will consider the biography of the writer, and also talk about his best works.
Biography of Chingiz Aitmatov
The writer was born in Kyrgyzstan in the small village of Sheker, which now belongs to the Talas region, in 1928, December 12. His father's name was Torekul Aitmatov, he was from peasants and at the beginning of the revolution he actively supported the Reds. After the formation of the councils, he became a party worker in the Kyrgyz SSR, and then a prominent statesman. However, he was arrested in 1937, and then shot.
The mother of Chingiz Toreklovich was called Nagima Khamzievna, in the girlhood of Abdulaev. She was a Tatar by nationality. Under Soviet rule, she worked as an army political worker, and then became a public figure. The future writer with his brothers and sisters grew up in the village of Sheker, where the family moved shortly before the father of Genghis was arrested.
Institute and first works
Graduated from eight classes of Chingiz Aitmatov. A biography in Kyrgyz tells about how after this the young man entered the zootechnical school in the city of Dzhambul (now called Taraz), now located in Kazakhstan. Then, in 1948, the writer went to Frunze, where in the same year he entered the Agricultural Institute, from which he graduated in 1953. Then he worked as a veterinarian at the Research Institute of Cattle Breeding for three years.
Even while studying at the Agricultural Institute, Aitmatov began to publish his stories in the Kyrgyz language. Only in 1956 did the writer have the opportunity to enter literary courses in Moscow, which he graduated in 1958. In the same year, Aitmatov’s story “Face to Face”, which was translated from Kyrgyz, was published in the journal October.
Fame
The biography of Chingiz Aitmatov (including in the Kyrgyz language ) is replete with a huge number of published stories at the beginning of his career. But the fame was brought to the writer by the novel “Jamil”, published on the pages of the magazine “New World”. It was in this work that the features of the prose of the writer first appeared: the inextricable fusion of descriptions of the customs of the people and nature with intense drama in describing the character of the lyrical hero.
After graduating from literary courses, begins work as a journalist Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov. The biography of the writer continues in the city of Frunze, where he became the editor of the local magazine Literary Kyrgyzstan. Then, in the years 60-80, he served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, was a delegate to the Congress of the CPSU, was a member of the editorial board of the Literary Newspaper and the New World. In addition, during this time Aitmatov was awarded three times with USSR State Prizes for his works. And in 1963 he was awarded the Lenin Prize for the collection of short stories “Tales of Mountains and Steppes”. The book includes works that tell about difficult psychological situations in which the inhabitants of the ordinary rural outback fall.
For a long time, the author wrote only in Kyrgyz, which is confirmed by the biography of Chingiz Aitmatov. For the first time in Russian only in 1965 the novel “Farewell, Gulsary!” Was created, originally bearing the title “Death of a Pacer”. In this work, another feature characteristic of Aitmatov’s creativity was manifested - an epic background built on the plots and motifs of the epos of Kyrgyzstan. Later, mythological and ethical motifs in the literary works of the author gained more and more strength.
In 1973, Aitmatov made his debut as a playwright, co-writing the play "Climbing Fuji". According to the piece in the Sovremennik Theater (Moscow), a play was laid that was a huge success with the audience.
End of path
From 1988 to 1990, Aitmatov served as editor-in-chief of Foreign Literature. Then she worked for four years as the ambassador of Kyrgyzstan.
Chingiz Torekulovich died in Nuremberg in 2008, on June 10. In this small German town, the writer was undergoing treatment. The writer was buried on June 14 in Bishkek in a memorial historical complex called Ata Beit.
"Chopping block"
The biography of Chingiz Aitmatov is not particularly rich in novels. Actually, “Chopping Block” is the second major arbitrariness of the writer, which saw the light in 1986. The work is divided into three parts. In 1 and 2 it is told about Avdia Kallistratov, who was brought up by his deacon father. The boy is forced to follow in his father's footsteps, so he ends up in a seminary. However, here he faces new problems - priests do not understand his ideas that God and the church are also developing.
The third part is dedicated to a completely different hero - Boston, who is going through a transition to the private ownership of socialist property. Here, the author talks about the prevailing injustice in that period, about the severity of life and difficult relationships between people.
"And the day lasts longer than a century ..."
This is the first novel written by the author, which is confirmed by the biography of Chingiz Aitmatov. The work was published in 1980 and has a second title - "Buranny stop". The main character of the novel was Edigey, a simple Cossack who works on a stop located in the steppes. The life of the whole country was reflected in the fate of this person and his entourage: pre-war repressions, World War II, hard post-war labor, construction of a nuclear testing ground. The events of the novel consist of two plans: events taking place on earth and in space. Extraterrestrial civilizations did not stand aside from what is happening to people.
"Piebald dog running the edge of the sea"
This is a story about a boy Kiriska, who first went to sea with his father, an elder of the clan and a cousin uncle. In fact, the boy goes through the initiation rite, after which he will receive the right to be called a man. The hunt began successfully, but after they caught the first seal, a storm began. When everything calmed down on the sea a thick impenetrable fog fell. The work is replete with myths and legends of the peoples living on the shore of the Sea of Okhotsk.
Interesting Facts
We list the interesting facts associated with the famous writer:
- In 1990, Aitmatov, then still a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, was elected to announce the nomination speech during the election period of M. Gorbachev.
- Louis Aragon responded very flatteringly to the Kyrgyz writer.
- The issue of awarding the Nobel Prize to Aitmatov was raised by the Turkish government only in 2008, a few months before the death of the writer. The basis for the nomination was that Aitmatov was considered the largest Turkic-speaking writer.
- Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who served as president of Kyrgyzstan, organized the writer's funeral personally .
A very interesting person and a prominent statesman was Chingiz Aitmatov. The biography summarized above allowed us to verify this.