Gulsaira Momunova

Gulsaira Momunova, in Kyrgyz: Гүлсайра Момунова (30 December 1937 – 12 August 2020) was a Kyrgyz journalist, translator and poet. In 2011, she was given the title 'People's Poet of Kyrgyzstan'.

Biography Momunova was born on 30 December 1937, in the village of Ken-Aral in the Bakay-Ata District of Kyrgyzstan. She graduated from school in Talas in 1955, and then, in 1960, from the Mayakovsky Women's Institute. She began work in 1961 as a journalist for the newspaper Советтик Кыргызстан (Soviet Kyrgyzstan), where she worked until 1969. From 1971, she worked as deputy editor for Кыргызстан (Kyrgyzstan). From 1973 until her retirement in 1993, she was editor of the magazine Кыргызстан аялдары (Women of Kyrgyzstan). In 1971, she became of member of the Kyrgyz National Writers' Union.'' She was buried on 13 August, in the Ala-Archinsky cemetery.

Legacy In 2013, Momunova's 75th birthday was marked by an exhibition of her works at the National Library of Kyrgyzstan.