Chingiz Aitmatov Chingiz Aitmatov was a Soviet and Kyrgyz author who wrote in both Russian and Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature. Life Cycle from 12 December 1928 to 10 June 2008.
Chingiz Aitmatov Chingiz Aitmatov made his literary debut in Russia, in 1952, with publication of his stories in Russian. From 1958 to 1966, he was roving reporter for the leading Soviet Newspaper Pravda. In 1967, he became a member of the Executive Board of the Soviet Writers Union. In 1968, he won the Soviet State Prize for literature for his novel Farewell, Gulsary ! , a tale of an old man reminiscing about the parallel lives of himself and his old horse, which is dying. Chingiz Aitmatov won two more State Prizes in 1977 and 1983, and was named a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1978.
Chingiz Aitmatov From 1964 to 1985, Chingiz Aitmatov was Chairman of the Cinema Union of Kyrgyzstan Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). In 1985, he was named Chairman of the Kyrgyz Writers Union. In 1990-1991, he served as an advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev and in 1990 was appointed Soviet Ambassador to Luxemburg. He served as the Soviet and then Russian ambassador to Belgium from 1990 to 1993. In 1995, he became Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and also represented his home country in the European Union , NATO and UNESCO . During the 1990s, Chingiz Aitmatov was member of the Kyrgyzstan's parliament
Chingiz Aitmatov Chingiz Aitmatov representative works: 'Jamila' (1958), 'The First Teacher' (1967), 'Farewell, Gulsary !' (1967), 'The White Ship' (1972), 'The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years' (1988).
Chingiz Aitmatov After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Aitmatov ’ s novels found a new audience in the West and gained popularity in Germany. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure on June 10, 2008, in Nuremberg, Germany, and was laid to rest in Kyrgyzstan.