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The Most Famous

WRITERS from Kyrgyzstan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 5,755 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 3

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.

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1. Li Bai (701 - 762)

With an HPI of 79.27, Li Bai is the most famous Kirghiz Writer.  His biography has been translated into 139 different languages on wikipedia.

Li Bai (Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái, 701–762), formerly pronounced Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (太白), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important poets of the Tang dynasty and in Chinese history as a whole. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were two of the most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry under the Tang dynasty, which is often called the "Golden Age of Chinese Poetry". The expression "Three Wonders" denotes Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's swordplay, and Zhang Xu's calligraphy.Around 1,000 poems attributed to Li are extant. His poems have been collected into the most important Tang dynasty collection, Heyue yingling ji, compiled in 753 by Yin Fan. Thirty-four of Li Bai's poems are included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was first published in the 18th century. Around the same time, translations of his poems began to appear in Europe. The poems became models for celebrating the pleasures of friendship, the depth of nature, solitude, and the joys of drinking. Among the most famous are "Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day"(Chinese: 春日醉起言志), "The Hard Road to Shu"(Chinese: 蜀道难), "Bring in the Wine"(Chinese: 将进酒), and "Quiet Night Thought"(Chinese: 静夜思), which are still taught in schools in China. In the West, multilingual translations of Li's poems continue to be made. His life has even taken on a legendary aspect, including tales of drunkenness and chivalry, and the well-known tale that Li drowned when he reached from his boat to grasp the moon's reflection in the river while he was drunk. Much of Li's life is reflected in his poems, which are about places he visited; friends whom he saw off on journeys to distant locations, perhaps never to meet again; his own dream-like imaginings, embroidered with shamanic overtones; current events of which he had news; descriptions of nature, perceived as if in a timeless moment; and more. However, of particular importance are the changes in China during his lifetime. His early poems were written in a "golden age" of internal peace and prosperity, under an emperor who actively promoted and participated in the arts. This ended with the beginning of the rebellion of general An Lushan, which eventually left most of Northern China devastated by war and famine. Li's poems during this period take on new tones and qualities. Unlike his younger friend Du Fu, Li did not live to see the end of the chaos. Li Bai is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.

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2. Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 - 2008)

With an HPI of 72.29, Chinghiz Aitmatov is the 2nd most famous Kirghiz Writer.  His biography has been translated into 73 different languages.

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (Russian: Чингиз Торекулович Айтматов, romanized: Chingiz Torekulovich Aytmatov; Kyrgyz: Чыңгыз Төрөкулович Айтматов, romanized: Chynggyz Törökulovich Aytmatov; 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.

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3. Alykul Osmonov (1915 - 1950)

With an HPI of 50.28, Alykul Osmonov is the 3rd most famous Kirghiz Writer.  His biography has been translated into 16 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.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as writers born between 701 and 1928. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased writers include Li Bai, Chinghiz Aitmatov, and Alykul Osmonov. As of April 2022, 1 new writers have been added to Pantheon including Alykul Osmonov.

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