Sayakbay Karalaev

Sayakbay Karalaev
Sayakbay Karalaev
Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев
	Sayakbay Karalaev, as shown on the Kyrgyz 500 som note.
Born	1894; Ak-Ölöng, Semirechye Oblast, Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, Russian Empire
Died	May 7, 1971 (aged 76-77); Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Poet

Sayakbay Karalaev (Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев; 1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.^[1]

A French translation of his recitation of the epic Er Töshtük was published in 1965.^[2]

References

^ Каралаев Саякбай in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
^ DeWeese, Devin (2010). Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 9780271044453.

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[1] Каралаев Саякбай in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library

[deweese-2] DeWeese, Devin (2010). Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 9780271044453.

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