Tölögön Kasymbekov (Kyrgyz: Төлөгөн Касымбеков) (also transliterated from Russian as Tolegen Kassymbekov[1]) (15 January 1931[2] - 16 June 2011) was a Kyrgyz author who mostly wrote historical novels.
Tologon Kasymbekov | |
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| Native name | Касымбек уулу Төлөгөн |
| Born | 15 January 1931 Akjol, Aksy District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kirghiz ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 16 June 2011 (aged 80) Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic |
| Genre | novels, short stories |
| Notable works | The Broken Sword |
Life edit
He was born in the village of Akjol in the family of a collective farmer.
In 1952, while he was still a student,[2] his work "Little Horseman" was published for the first time in the journal "Soviet Kyrgyzstan".[3] The short story "I want to be a man" was published in Russian in 1965.[4]
His first longer work, the historical novel "The Broken Sword"[5] is also his most well known. It was first published in journals, being completed in 1966, and published in book form in 1971. It was translated into English by David Foreman and Sergei Sosinsky and published in 1980.
Novels edit
- The Broken Sword ("Сынган кылыч", 1966, 1971)
- Mature Age ("Жетилген Курак", 1976)[6]
- Welfare ("Келкел", 1986)
- Invasion ("Баскын", 2000)
- Massacre ("Кыргын", 2004)
- Khan Ormon (2005) (Historical novel about Ormon Khan)
References edit
- ^ "The broken sword / Tolegen Kassymbekov ; [translated from the Russian by David Foreman and Sergei Sosinsky ; illustrated by Nikolai Grishin]". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ a b "Төлөгөн Касымбеков: өмүрү жана чыгармачылыгынан элге белгисиз он факты". BBC News Кыргыз Кызматы (in Kyrgyz). 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Жангазиев, Максат (2021-12-21). "Сыны кетпеген "Сынган кылыч"". Азаттык Υналгысы (in Kyrgyz). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Samet, A. Z. A. P. TÖLÖGÖN KASIMBEKOV’UN “İNSAN OLMAK İSTİYORUM” ÖYKÜSÜNÜN YAPI VE İZLEK YÖNTEMİYLE İNCELENMESİ. Türk Dünyası Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi, (43), 65-86.
- ^ Olpak Koç, Canan (2012). From Legend Tradition to Historical Novels: Tölögön Kasımbek and Broken Sword I,II. Journal of Turkish Studies 7:1885-1892.
- ^ Azap, S. (2016). TÖLÖGÖN KASIMBEKOV’UN CETİLGEN KURAK (OLGUN NESİL) ROMANINDA YAPI VE İZLEK: SOVYET TİPİ İNSAN YARATMA SÜRECİ . Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi , 5 (2) , 0-0 . DOI: 10.7884/teke.639