About Tölögön Kasımbek
Lived 1931 – 2011 (aged 80). Tölögön Kasımbek was a Russian and Kyrgyz writer, prose writer and editing staff.
Tölögön Kasymbek (also, Kasymbekov, also transliterated from Russian as Tolegen Kassymbekov ) (15 January 1931
In 1952, while he was still a student, he published his fist work "Little Horseman" in the journal "Soviet Kyrgyzstan". The short story "I want to be a man" was published in Russian in 1965.
His first longer work, the historical novel "The Broken Sword" is also his most well known. It was first published in journals, being completed in 1966, and published in book form in 1971. It was translated into English by David Foreman and Sergei Sosinsky and published in 1980.
Novels The Broken Sword ("Сынган кылыч", 1966, 1971) Mature Age ("Жетилген Курак", 1976) Welfare ("Келкел", 1986) Invasion ("Баскын", 2000) Massacre ("Кыргын", 2004)
Novellas I want to be a man Orphan
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Who was Tölögön Kasımbek?
Kyrgyz author (1931-2011)
When was Tölögön Kasımbek born?
Tölögön Kasımbek was born on 15 January 1931 in Ak-Jol.
When did Tölögön Kasımbek die?
Tölögön Kasımbek died on 16 June 2011 in Bishkek.
What was Tölögön Kasımbek's occupation?
Tölögön Kasımbek was a writer, prose writer and editing staff.
What nationality was Tölögön Kasımbek?
Tölögön Kasımbek was Russian and Kyrgyz.
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