Sayakbay Karalaev
Sayakbay Karalaev (1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas. His famed variant of the Manas trilogy - Manas, his son Semetey, grandson Seitek - is said to total over 500,000 lines. He was the first official manaschi of the Frunze Philarmonia, and received a monthly salary.
Sayakbay Karalaev
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- Name
- Sayakbay Karalaev
- Born
- 1894
- Birthplace
- Ak-Ölöng, Semirechye Oblast, Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, Russian Empire
- Died
- May 7, 1971 (aged 76-77)
- Place of death
- Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- poetry · Epic of Manas
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Languages
- Kyrgyz
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His version of the Manas trilogy was collected 1936-1952. A critical edition of his version was attempted, under the editorship of Chingiz Aitmatov in the late 1980s; later, arguably complete editions of Manas, Semetey, and Seitek appeared in the early 2010s. A CD of recorded performances appeared in 2007. A French translation of his recitation of the epic Er Töshtük was published in 1965. He was the subject of a biographical feature film: Sayakbay - Homer of the 20th Century (dir.
«Саякбай Каралаев и Чингиз Айтматов, 1968 год»
Фото из энциклопедии «Киргизская ССР, 1982 (впервые опубликовано в СССР, 1968) (неизвестно) · «Манас Ордо» комплекси - летопись кыргызов (общественный) - Кыргызстан, Талас, Ташарык айылы Кыргызский: "Саякбай Каралаев жана Чыңгыз Айтматов, 1968-жыл" Русский: «Саякбай Каралаев и Чингиз Айтматов
«Саякбай Каралаев и Чингиз Айтматов, 1968 год»
Фото из энциклопедии «Киргизская ССР, 1982 (впервые опубликовано в СССР, 1968) (неизвестно) · «Манас Ордо» комплекси - летопись кыргызов (общественный) - Кыргызстан, Талас, Ташарык айылы Кыргызский: "Саякбай Каралаев жана Чыңгыз Айтматов, 1968-жыл" Русский: «Саякбай Каралаев и Чингиз Айтматов
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• Name — Sayakbay Karalaev • Born — 1894 • Birthplace — Ak-Ölöng, Semirechye Oblast, Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, Russian Empire • Died — May 7, 1971 (aged 76-77) • Place of death — Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Poet
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Sayakbay Karalaev, born in 1894 and died in 1971, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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His recorded genres are poetry and Epic of Manas.
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1894
Sayakbay Karalaev born at Akulen.
1971
Sayakbay Karalaev died at Bishkek.
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Sayakbay Karalaev received Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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