1. Mukhtar Auezov's grandfather was a storyteller of folk tales, and taught his grandson to read and write.
22 Facts About Mukhtar Auezov
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Mukhtar Auezov was born in a nomadic Muslim family from an area known today as Abay District, in East Kazakhstan Province.
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Mukhtar Auezov's grandfather taught him how to read and write, using both the Arabic and Cyrillic script for the Kazakh language.
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Mukhtar Auezov was educated at the Semipalatinsk Teacher's Seminary and Leningrad State University.
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Mukhtar Auezov authored more than twenty plays that dealt with the issues relevant to Socialism in Kazakhstan.
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Mukhtar Auezov first studied in Kaskabulak, then later a Muslim madrasa in Semipalatinsk.
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The young Mukhtar Auezov was raised by his uncle Kasymbek and his grandfather Auez and grandmother Dinas.
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Mukhtar Auezov attended the Semipalatinsk Pedagogical Seminary after graduating from the City College.
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Mukhtar Auezov was an extraordinary sportsman and represented "Yarysh F C", which at the time was the best football team in the city.
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Mukhtar Auezov joined the faculty of a large state school, and he worked holding various positions in the local government in Semipalatinsk with the Kazakh Central Executive Committee and in Orenburg.
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In 1928 Mukhtar Auezov graduated from the Philological Faculty of Leningrad State University and completed his PhD at the University of Tashkent.
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Mukhtar Auezov died during an operation in Moscow on 27 June 1961.
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Mukhtar Auezov wrote numerous essays, short stories, and plays in different genres.
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Mukhtar Auezov began working in depth with themes of Kazakh history.
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The great scientist and teacher, Mukhtar Auezov, worked on the history of Kazakhs literature, and the training of personnel.
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Mukhtar Auezov was the founder of the Abai studies and the principal author and editor of the multivolume "Kazak adebiet Tarihy".
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Mukhtar Auezov wrote a monograph on the Kyrgyz epic Manas.
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Mukhtar Auezov wrote over twenty plays and translated such classic works of world and Russian drama as The Inspector by Gogol, Othello and The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, Aristocrats by Nikolai Pogodin, Spring Love by Konstantin Trenyov, and Officer of the Navy by A Kron.
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In March 1961, Mukhtar Auezov embarked on a visit to India that included participation in the work of the III International Congress for Peace in Delhi together with a delegation headed by Nikolai Tikhonov.
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The destiny of Mukhtar Auezov was linked by many threads to the life of Abai the hero great inspiration of his life.
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Mukhtar Auezov later became friends with the son of Abai Turagulom and married Camille, granddaughter of the great poet, that is the daughter of Magauov.
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Mukhtar Auezov met Dilda, the first wife of Abai with whom he received a great deal of information.