WRITERS from Turkmenistan

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkmen Writers of all time. This list of famous Turkmen Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Al-Zamakhshari (1075 - 1144)

With an HPI of 64.77, Al-Zamakhshari is the most famous Turkmen Writer.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (Arabic: الزمخشري; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. He is best known for his book Al-Kashshaf, which interprets and linguistically analyzes Quranic expressions and the use of figurative speech for conveying meaning. This work is a primary source for all major linguists; however, some of its Mu’tazila philosophical ideas were rejected by Ibn Kathir (d.1373).

2. Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603 - 1664)

With an HPI of 62.91, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur is the 2nd most famous Turkmen Writer.  His biography has been translated into 30 different languages.

Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (Chagatay: ابوالغازی بهادرخان; Uzbek: Abulgʻozi Bahodirxon, Abulgazi, Ebulgazi, Abu-l-Ghazi, August 24, 1603 – 1664) was Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663. He spent ten years in Persia before becoming khan, and was very well educated, writing two historical works in the Khiva dialect of the Chagatai language. He was a descendant of Genghis Khan via Arab Shah.

3. Berdi Kerbabayev (1894 - 1974)

With an HPI of 50.10, Berdi Kerbabayev is the 3rd most famous Turkmen Writer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Berdi Muradovich Kerbabayev (Turkmen: Berdi Myradowiç Kerbabaýew; Russian: Берды Мурадович Кербабаев, romanized: Berdy Muradovich Kerbabayev; 3 March 1894 – 3 March 1974) was a Soviet and Turkmen writer, the national writer of the Turkmen SSR, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR and a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1948 until his death. He is one of the most prominent contributors to Turkmen literature.