Togolok Moldo
Togolok Moldo | |
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Togolok Moldo in the 1930s. | |
| Born | Байымбет Абдырахман уулу (Bayymbet Abdyrahman uulu) 10 June 1860 |
| Died | 4 January 1942 (aged 81) Naryn, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupations | Poet, Manaschi, writer |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Epic poetry, Satire, Folklore |
| Notable work | Epic of Manas |
Literary movement | Kyrgyz Enlightenment / Oral Tradition |
Togolok Moldo (Kyrgyz: Тоголок Молдо; real name: Байымбет Абдырахман уулу, Bayymbet Abdyrahman uulu; 10 June 1860 – 4 January 1942) was a Kyrgyz poet, Manaschi and folk song writer. Born in the village Kurtka in what is now the Ak-Talaa District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.[1] Togolok Moldo by his audiences – "togolok" means round-faced, "moldo" means an educated person. He is buried near the village of about 3,000 persons named for him in Ak-Talaa district.
A 'Semetey', totalling around 2050 lines, was collected from him by Kayum Miftakov in 1922.[2] His later self-transcribed version of Manas was published in 2013.[3] A manuscript of a sanjira (genealogy) was edited and published in 2009.[4]
Bibliography
- Baldar jomoktoru (Children's stories) (1939), Kyrgyzstan National Press.
- Sanjyra, (2009)
- Manas (2013)
References
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- ↑ Тоголок Молдо, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ↑ Plumtree, James (2021). "A Telling Tradition: Preliminary Comments on the Epic of Manas, 1856–2018". In Thomson, S. C. (ed.). Medieval Stories and Storytelling: Multimedia and Multi-Temporal Perspectives. Turnhout: Brepols. pp. 239-301 (p. 263). ISBN 978-2-503-59050-9.
- ↑ "В Кыргызстане вышел в свет эпос «Манас» по варианту Тоголока Молдо". АКИpress. 2013-12-20.
- ↑ Salk, Gundula, ed. (2009). Die Sanjïra des Togolok Moldo (1860–1942). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-06161-2.
External links
- Тоголок Молдо (Байымбет Абдырахманов). National Kyrgyz Library
Categories:
- Kyrgyzstani poets
- Kyrgyzstani songwriters
- 1860 births
- 1942 deaths
- Manaschis
- People from Naryn Region
- 19th-century Kyrgyzstani writers
- 20th-century Kyrgyzstani writers
- 19th-century poets from the Russian Empire
- Male poets from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire
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