Mukhtar Auezov (1897 - 1961) wos bom in Semey region. When
he was a child he loved the poetry
of Abai Qunanbaiuli. The famous
poer was a neighbour of the family
and a friend of his grandfathers
Mukhtar could read and write before
he started school - his grandfather
fought him. Mukhtar Auezov is best
known as the author of plays and
novels like Yer Kebek and Abai
Zhoy (The Path of Abai) but he also
worked as a translator. He translated
some of William Shakespeares
plays into Kazakh
Gaziza Zhubanova (1927 - 1993)
was the first Kazakh female
composer. Her father Akhmet
Zhubanov was a famous musician
too. When she was 18. she went
to Moscow to study at the Gnesin
Music College and the Moscow
Conservatory. Then she retumed to
Kazakhstan and in 1975 she became
director of the Almaty Conservatory.
She wrote beautiful music for operas.
like Yenlik-kebek which is based on a
play by Mukhtar Auezov.
Abilkhan Kasteyev (1904-1973)
was the first Kazakh professional
painter. His parents were poor
nomads and lived in a small village
in Taldykorgan Region Abilkhan
was very creative. He painted
more than a thousand paintings.
When he was 41. he became
Chairman of the Union of Artists of
Kazakhstan. About 11 years after
he died, the government renamed
the State Museum of Arts in his
honour. You can see some of his
paintings in the museum.
1 Look at the photos. Who are these people?
What do you know about them?
2
1
2.21 Read and listen to the texts. Complete
the sentences with the names of the people.
was director of the Almaty
Conservatory
2-
and her father
were famous musicians.
was very creative.
's parents were nomads.
was a writer and a translator,
4 Complete the sentences with the past simple
forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 Abilkhan Kasteyev
(paint) The
Portrait of Zhambyl and Young Abai.
2 Mukhtar Auezov
(write)
Korgansyzdyn kuni in 1921.
3 Gaziza Zhubanova
(become) a
professor in 1978
4 Abai Qunanbaiuli
(translate)
poems by Pushkin, Byron and Lermontov.
5 Magzhan Jumabayev and Gabit Musrepov
(be) famous writers.