WRITER

Mukhtar Auezov

1897 - 1961

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Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov (Kazakh: Mūhtar Omarhanūly Äuezov, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, Kazakh pronunciation: [mo̙χtɑɾ ɔmɑɾˈχɑno̙lɯ æwˈjezəf]; Russian: Мухта́р Омарха́нович Ауэ́зов, Mukhtar Omarkhanovich Auezov; 28 September 1897 – 27 June 1961) was a Kazakh writer, a social activist, a Doctor of Philology, and an honored academician of the Soviet Union (1946). Auezov's writings were influenced by the Kazakh poet Abai Qunanbaiuly. Mukhtar's father and grandfather Omarkhan Auez both highly revered the poet, who was a neighbour and a friend of the Auezov family. His grandfather was a storyteller of folk tales, and taught his grandson to read and write. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mukhtar Auezov is the 1,534th most popular writer (down from 1,350th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Kazakhstan and the 3rd most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mukhtar Auezov ranks 1,534 out of 7,302. Before him are Alphonse Allais, Khaqani, Qiu Chuji, Per Olov Enquist, Ausiàs March, and Osvaldo Moles. After him are Karin Boye, Korney Chukovsky, Henri de Régnier, Edmond François Valentin About, Kate Atkinson, and Aksel Sandemose.

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Among people born in 1897, Mukhtar Auezov ranks 88. Before him are Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, Lepke Buchalter, Thornton Wilder, and Károly Kerényi. After him are Hans Speidel, Einar Gerhardsen, Richard Russell Jr., Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, and Chen Cheng. Among people deceased in 1961, Mukhtar Auezov ranks 35. Before him are Arthur Drewry, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Jeff Chandler, Paul Wittgenstein, Karl Korsch, and Zoltán Tildy. After him are Joseph M. Schenck, Werner Jaeger, Maria Valtorta, Margherita Sarfatti, Eero Saarinen, and Hubert Van Innis.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Auezov ranks 17 out of 193. Before him are Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Edigu (1352), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Ablai Khan (1711), Wladimir Klitschko (1976), and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952). After him are Shoqan Walikhanov (1835), Aliya Moldagulova (1925), Oleg Yankovsky (1944), Viktor Patsayev (1933), Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912), and Toktar Aubakirov (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Kazakhstan

Among writers born in Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Auezov ranks 3. Before him are Ahmad Yasawi (1103), and Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845). After him are Mukaghali Makatayev (1931), Ybyrai Altynsarin (1841), Vsevolod Ivanov (1895), Saken Seifullin (1894), Alexander Volkov (1891), Alexander Kazantsev (1906), and Sergei Lukyanenko (1968).

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