The Most Famous
WRITERS from Kyrgyzstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 3 of which were born in Kyrgyzstan. This makes Kyrgyzstan the birth place of the 92nd most number of Writers behind Philippines, and Ghana.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kirghiz Writers of all time. This list of famous Kirghiz Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 - 2008)
With an HPI of 71.80, Chinghiz Aitmatov is the most famous Kirghiz Writer. His biography has been translated into 78 different languages on wikipedia.
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyzstan's literature.
2. Alykul Osmonov (1915 - 1950)
With an HPI of 50.18, Alykul Osmonov is the 2nd most famous Kirghiz Writer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Alykul Osmonov (Kyrgyz: Алыкул Осмонов, properly transliterated: Alıqul Osmonov; 21 March 1915 – 12 December 1950) was a Kyrgyz poet, significant for his efforts to modernizing poetry in Kyrgyzstan. His main accomplishments were transforming poetry from an oral to a literary tradition, focusing upon secular themes with an emphasis on inner emotion, daily life, and nationalism, and translating numerous European authors into the Kyrgyz language, including William Shakespeare, Sándor Petőfi, and Alexander Pushkin.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Kirghiz writers born between 1915 and 1928. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Kirghiz writers include Chinghiz Aitmatov, and Alykul Osmonov.
