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Saken Omur

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Saken Omur
Native name
ساكەن ۅمۉر
Born1927
Karajül, Artush, Xinjiang
LanguageKyrgyz
NationalityKyrgyz
Citizenship China
Genrenovels, short stories, poetry
Notable worksJoyful Road

Saken Ömür (1927) (Kyrgyz: ‎ساكەن ۅمۉر) is a Kyrgyz writer[1] and poet from China.

Saken was born in 1927 in Karajül village outside of Artush.[2] From 1943 till 1946 he studied at Kashgar Normal College.

He worked as a teacher at the Central University for Nationalities from 1957 to 1966, and as an editor for the Kyzylsuu newspaper from 1979 till his retirement in 1987.

His first work When I see it with my own eyes (Öz közüm menen körgöndö) was published in 1961.[2] During the sixties he also did a lot of work on the collecting, writing and publishing of Jusup Mamay's version of the Manas epic.[2]

His novel Joyful Road (Şaŋduu jol) received the Tulpar literature award.[3][4]

Published books

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  • In the Kereme mountain valley (Kereme too öröönündö), 1987 (collection of stories) (ISBN 7537400075)
  • Honour (Sıyımık), 1992
  • Before Dawn (Taŋ aldında), 1993 (novel)
  • Red flower (Kızılgül), 2004
  • Joyful Road (Şaŋduu jol) (novel) (2004) (ISBN 7-228-08965-0)

References

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  1. ^ "Кытайдагы кыргыздардын адабияты жөнүндө". Азаттык Үналгысы. 30 October 2004.
  2. ^ a b c Турдубаева, Н. Ш. (October 2020). "Жуңго Кыргыздарынын «Кыргыз Калемгерлери" Антологиясы Тууралуу". КМКТАУнун Жарчысы. 69 (3).
  3. ^ "全国第八届少数民族文学创作"骏马奖"揭晓". 中华人民共和国国家民族事务委员会. 23 July 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ ""تۇلپار" مىنگەن قىرعىزدار 荣获历届全国 "骏马奖"的柯尔克孜族作家、翻译家". 新疆柯尔克孜文学. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.