Sayakbay Karalaev
Sayakbay Karalaev | |
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| Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев | |
 Sayakbay Karalaev, as shown on the Kyrgyz 500 som note. | |
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | May 7, 1971 (aged 76-77) |
| Occupation | Poet |
Sayakbay Karalaev (Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев; 1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.[1]
A French translation of his recitation of the epic Er Töshtük was published in 1965.[2]
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- ^ Каралаев Саякбай in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
- ^ DeWeese, Devin (2010). Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 9780271044453.
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