Säbit Mūqanov

Sabit Mukanov was born to a Muslim family in Tauzar Volost of Akmolinsk Oblast (now The North Kazakhstan Region). His family worked mostly as cattle ranchers for rich people. In 1918 Sabit Mukanov took part in the civil war. He studied in the Institute of Red Professorship in Moscow from 1930 to 1935. Mukanov's earliest novels were Son of Bai (1928), Pure Love (1931), and Temirtas (Iron Stone) (1935). Mukanov was the author of several novels, such as Botagoz, Syrdaria, the autobiographical trilogy School of life, Flashed Meteor, etc. Mukanov studied the history and theory of literature, especially Kazakh literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as the works of Kazakh prose writers and poets Saken Seifullin, Mukhtar Auezov, Tair Zharokov, and Abdilda Tazhibayev. He also researched the scientific and literary heritage of Shokan Ualikhanov and Abai Qunanbaiuly and was the first to expound the life and works of the great Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayuly. In 1974 his ethnographic work "National Heritage" was published posthumously, which included research about ancient folk traditions, shezhire (Kazakh genealogy), the social-economical factors and spiritual life of pre-revolutionary Kazakhs. His works have been translated into more than 46 languages and his books are in the US Library of Congress. Sabit Mukanov's biography was included in the international encyclopedia "Who is Who?"(USA, 1969). He died in 1973 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Museum Complex of S. Mukanov and G. Musrepov is in Almaty. The North Kazakhstan Kazakh Musical and Drama Theatre is named after Sabit Mukanov.

Säbit Mūqanov studied at Institute of Red Professors. The recorded working language is Kazakh. Positions recorded include Chairperson of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Sabit Mukanov • Birth Name — Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov • Born — 26 April 1900 • Birthplace — Petropavlovsky Uyezd, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire • Died — 18 April 1973 • Place of death — Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Poet, writer, scientist, politician, publicist • Years Active — 1928–1973