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Book/Printed Material Verses of the Kazakh Poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev.

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Title

  • Verses of the Kazakh Poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev.

Summary

  • Kazakhstan had a strong oral tradition in literature until the mid-19th century. Abai (Ibrahim) Kunanbayev (1845--1904) was a Kazakh poet and teacher, and the key figure in developing a new Kazakh national written literature. His father, Kunanbai Uskenbayev, was a landowner, and the family was prominent in eastern Kazakhstan. Abai studied at the madrassa led by Mullah Akhmet Riza in Semipalatinsk and also attended a Russian school. He spoke Arabic, Persian, and other Eastern languages. Abai Kunanbayev also translated into Kazakh works by major European and Russian poets, such as Goethe, Heine, Pushkin, Lermontov, and Krylov. His education enabled Abai to adapt Russian ideas and literature to Kazakh needs, contributing to the development of a secular culture. Abai Kunanbayev introduced novel themes and subjects into his poetry, and many of his verses are lyrical monologues. Themes of nature and love mix with philosophical reflections and ideas of enlightenment and humanity. Only a few of his poems were published during Abai's life. This is his first collection, Qazaq Aqyny Ibrahim Qunanbay Oghlynyng Olangy (Verses of the Kazakh poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev), published in Saint Petersburg in 1909. In this example, the first few pages became so worn that handwritten text now substitutes for the perished leaves.

Names

  • Qūnanbaev, Abaĭ, 1845-1904 Author.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg : [publisher not identified], 1909.

Headings

  • -  Kazakhstan
  • -  1845 to 1904
  • -  Kazakh literature
  • -  Kazakh poetry
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Kazakhstan.
  • -  Content in Kazakh.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666152

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Qūnanbaev, Abaĭ, Author. Verses of the Kazakh Poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev. [Saint Petersburg: publisher not identified, 1909] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666152/.

APA citation style:

Qūnanbaev, A. (1909) Verses of the Kazakh Poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev. [Saint Petersburg: publisher not identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666152/.

MLA citation style:

Qūnanbaev, Abaĭ, Author. Verses of the Kazakh Poet Abai Ibrahim Kunanbayev. [Saint Petersburg: publisher not identified, 1909] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666152/>.