Kasymaly Bayalinov

Kasymaly Bayaly uulu (; also Russified as Kasymaly Bayalinov) was a Kyrgyz writer and translator. Life He was born in Kök-Moynok village, Issyk-Kul Region on September 25, 1902. He lost his parents at a young age and grew up with his relatives.

In 1916 during the Urkun he fled to China, returning to Kyrgyzstan in 1918 after the October Revolution.

He is most well known for his story "Ajar", a tragedy of a young girl during the Urkun. This story continues to occupy an important place in Kyrgyz literature.

Works Fox and the marten, the snake and the swallow (Tülkü menen suur. Çabalekey menen jylan), 1927 Children's stories Ajar (1928), story Murat (1929), story The happy horseman (Baktyluu jylkyçy), 1937 Happiness (Bakyt), 1947 novella On the shores of the lake (Köl boyunda), 1952 novella Brothers (Boordoshtor), 1962 novel Difficult transition, 1980 (collection of previously unpublished stories and novellas)