Writers' Union of Kazakhstan
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The Writers' Union of Kazakhstan is a Kazakh
literary organization, established in the 1930s. Since its inception at least 750 of Kazakhstan's top writers have been affiliated with the union.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
literary organization, established in the 1930s. Since its inception at least 750 of Kazakhstan's top writers have been affiliated with the union.
Presidents
- Saken SeifullinSaken SeifullinSaken Seyfullin was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist. Founder and first head of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan, he was the author of controversial literature calling for greater independence of Kazakhs from Soviet and Russian power. He met...
- founder - Ilyas ZhansugurovIlyas ZhansugurovIlyas Zhansugurov was a Kazakh poet and writer. The town of Zhansugirov in Almaty Province is named after him and he is commemorated in Taldykorgan and Almaty....
- 1934-1936. - Sabit MukanovSabit MukanovSabit Mukanov is a classic of Kazakh literature, a poet, a social activist, an academic, and a head of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan....
, 1936-1937, 1943-1952. - 1937-1943?
- Gabiden Mustafin, 1953-1956, 1962-1964.
- Gabit MusrepovGabit MusrepovGabit Makhmutuli Musirepov was a Soviet Kazakh writer, playwright and author of libretto to Kazakh opera Kyz-Zhibek. People's Writer of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, President of the Kazakhstan Union of Writers and member of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.- Biography :Gabit Musirepov...
, 1956-1962, 1964-1966. - 1966-1970?
- Anuar Alimzhanov 1970-1979.
- 1979-1983?
- Olzhas SuleimenovOlzhas SuleimenovOlzhas Omaruli Suleimenov is a Soviet poet, Kazakhstani politician, and Soviet anti-nuclear activist.-Life:Suleimenov was born on 18 May 1936 in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Geological Sciences Department of Kazakh State University in 1959. Suleimenov also finished Gorkii Institute of Literature in...
, 1983-1991. - Kaldarbek Naymanbaev 1991-1996.
- Nurlan Orazalin 1996 -