Suyunbai Aronuly

Suyunbai Aronuly was born in 1815 at Karakastek, today in the Jambyl district of the Almaty region, where he died in 1898. He belonged to the Ekei clan of the Shaprashty, in the Great Horde; his grandfather Kousep and his father Aron were already known as composers and performers. A master of improvisation, he also made known the epics of the Kazakh heroes of the Ili, such as Ötegen, Karasai or Suranshy. Jambyl Jabayev learned from him the art of the poetic contest and received his dombra. His works were first published in 1935, and a selected collection in 1976.

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• PoetryСүйінбай мен Қатағанның айтысыSuyunbai Aronuly · 1847not translated into EnglishLiterature