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Alykul Osmonov

1915 - 1950

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Alykul Osmonov (Kyrgyz: Алыкул Осмонов, properly transliterated: Alıqul Osmonov; 21 March 1915 – 12 December 1950) was a Kyrgyz poet, significant for his efforts to modernizing poetry in Kyrgyzstan. His main accomplishments were transforming poetry from an oral to a literary tradition, focusing upon secular themes with an emphasis on inner emotion, daily life, and nationalism, and translating numerous European authors into the Kyrgyz language, including William Shakespeare, Sándor Petőfi, and Alexander Pushkin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alykul Osmonov is the 4,002nd most popular writer (up from 4,034th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan and the 2nd most popular Kirghiz Writer.

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Among writers, Alykul Osmonov ranks 4,002 out of 7,302. Before him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Anar Rzayev, Syd Field, Yu Dafu, Bharatendu Harishchandra, and Simin Behbahani. After him are Carmen Martín Gaite, Herbert Achternbusch, Bei Dao, Sahakdukht, Gustaf Fröding, and Jan Kott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Alykul Osmonov ranks 164. Before him are Saifuddin Azizi, Robert Lockwood Jr., Knut Nystedt, Tomás Fernández, Boris Paichadze, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. After him are Leigh Brackett, Kurt Aland, Ken Aston, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Elio Toaff, and Raquel Rastenni. Among people deceased in 1950, Alykul Osmonov ranks 131. Before him are George Kingsley Zipf, Yan Huiqing, Konrad von Preysing, Frederic Lewy, Guilhermina Suggia, and Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones. After him are Vasily Gordov, Louis Wilkins, Frederick Twort, Maurice Costello, José Berraondo, and Francisco Villota.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Alykul Osmonov ranks 19 out of 62. Before him are Elihan Tore (1885), Boris Pankin (1931), Jamala (1983), Toktogul Satylganov (1864), Talant Duyshebaev (1968), and Felix Kulov (1948). After him are Athanasius Schneider (1961), Leonid Ivashov (1943), Abdylas Maldybaev (1906), Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (1949), Akylbek Japarov (1965), and Djoomart Otorbaev (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Kyrgyzstan

Among writers born in Kyrgyzstan, Alykul Osmonov ranks 2. Before him are Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928).

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