Alykul Osmonov
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Kyrgyz language
Kyrgyz or Kirgiz, also Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz is a Turkic language and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan...
poet. Osmonov was born in Kaptal-Aryk in Panfilov District
Panfilov District
Panfilov District may refer to:*Panfilov District, Kazakhstan*Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan...
, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
, about 75km east of Bishkek
Bishkek
Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...
. He was orphaned at a young age and was brought up in state care. His first book of poetry, Poems at Dawn, was published in 1935. He died of pulmonary pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
in 1950, at the age of 35.
Today, there is a statue of him outside the National Library in Bishkek, and a museum dedicated to him in the village where he was born.