Mukagali makataev biography books
Selected Poetry of Mukaghali
by Mukaghali, translated by Marina Kartseva
Selected Poetry of Mukaghali
by Mukaghali, translated by Marina Kartseva
Published Feb 28, 2016
105 Pages
Genre: POETRY / General
Book Details
METROPOLITAN CLASSICS
MAKATAEV, MUKAGHALI Kazakh Poet, Writer, Translator, Cultural Icon.
About the Author
Mukaghali, translated by Marina Kartseva
Mukagali Makataev (1931-1977) spent his childhood in the Kazakh village of Karasaz, nestled in the foothills of the Great Khan-Tengri, the highest peak of Tyan-Shahn mountains. During WWII, as a teenager, Mukagali, like his peers, became the main labor force in their village and replaced the adult men who had left for the front. They tended to the cattle and maintained the farmland, alongside the women and elderly men, finding great pride in this. Upon graduating from high school, he tended the Red Yurt, a moveable library in the remote areas of Kazakhstan. Mukagali graduated from the Literary Institute named after Gorky, in Moscow. He authored the famous poems: “Life is a Legend,” “Life is a River”, “Mozart’s Requiem”, He translated many Russian classics and prominent world literature (including “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman and “The Divine Comedy” by Dante) into the Kazakh language. His personal life was, unfortunately, a tragic one. Emotionally scarred by the death of his wife and infant daughter, he struggled for many years with a heart illness, which he finally succumbed to in 1977.
Birthday of Mukagali Makataev
Mukagali Makataev was born on February 9, 1931 in the village Karasaz of the Narynkolsk (now Raimbeksk) district of Almaty region. The sacred beauty of Karasaz became a source of poetic gift of Mukagali. As he sang the "happy land" of his childhood: "My Karasaz! My unspoken feeling, you are the happiness I was looking for!” Karasaz is a small homeland of Makatayev that helped him in the most difficult moments of his life. She gave him the wings and predetermined the future of poet: "Sing for me", requested the dark water, "Sing for me", requested the thick reed". Full name of the poet is Muhametkali, but since childhood, he was affectionately called Mukagali, assuming that the burden of responsibility (it is not easy to bear the name of the Prophet) can complicate the life of a small child. He was the first child of his parents, Suleymen and Nagiman Makataevs. The poet's father, humble and hardworking man, a year before the war, he became a chairman of the collective farm. At the beginning, the childhood of Makatayev was cloudless. In the poem “Native Land”, he referred to Karasaz and said: “I saddled up the horse that I made from a twig, I fished in the river, I played in the woods and rivers”.Only pranks and tricks that were associated with the sensations of childhood, could leave a happy trail in the human soul, who has already become an adult: "We were barefoot children when chasing goats, when we threw stones at the windows." Makataev loved the world of his childhood and sincerely missed him, "O my childhood, I missed you!” The memories of childhood gave rise to many images of his poetry: Look, weeping and wailing, the childhood ended On the precipice from which we jumped into the water The war changed the life of Mukagali. He was 10 years old when his father went to the front, and all the hardships of life lay on the shoulders of a teenager. Like all boys of the war generation, he soon became an adult, realizing that in a h
On February 9, the Fiction Sector of the Library and Information Center organized a poetry evening "Every poem – is one planet" dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Kazakh poet Mukagali Makatayev among 1st year students of the FGSN "Convergent Journalism".
The main purpose of the poetry evening is to get acquainted with the life and work of Mukagali Makatayev, to awaken the readers' and the younger generation's interest in poetry through the author's poems and songs, to popularize the heritage of Mukagali.
The head of the section of fiction, Nurgul Kabazova, spoke about the essence and vitality of poetry, starting with his biography and work. She also presented the poet'sbooks.
At the evening, Makatayev's poems were recited by heart by 1st year students: Turakulov Nargiz "Autograph", Seydild Laula "Ush bakytym", Ydyrysbek Sharizat "Ey, omir", Orynbasar Diana "Baqyt degen", "Seytyshe, sen bakytala! "Zhog, duriger" and others. Associate Professor of the Department "Philology and Journalism" Baeshova Balziya shared her thoughts on the poet's moral life and memories.
A poetry evening dedicated to the work of the outstanding poet of the 20th century Mukagali Makatayev was accompanied by a slide. At the evening, students had the opportunity to feel the charming beauty and depth of M. Makatayev's poetry.
The literary evening of poetry ended with the song of the composer E. Abdykalykova "Esine meni algaisin", written on the verses of M.Makatayev.
Mukagali Makatayev is a Kazakh poet who was not much favored by the authorities during his lifetime, but who, until the last days, kept in his soul childish idealism and spontaneity.
His biography began in 1931, at the dawn of the turbulent transformations that swept through the republics of the still young USSR. Mukagali Makatayev (Mkagali Magatayev) was born in the small village of Karasaz, in the Narynkol region (Almaty region).
Basically, Makatayev’s works were published in periodicals. In 1948 the first poem was published in the newspaper “Soviet Border”. Only in 1951 was Mukagali published together with other young authors in the collection Songs of Youth (Zhastar Zhyry).
The first real fame came to the poet after the publication of “Appassionata” in 1962. Two years later the poem “Ilyich” was published. At the same time, Mukagali Makatayev, whose lyrics are imbued with compassion for children who grew up in the difficult years of the war, waited a long time for the publication of his first book. During the life of the writer, five collections of poetry were published. All of them were warmly received by readers.
In the last period of his life, Mukagali Makatayev wrote poems, admittedly, the best. They are filled with such feelings and emotions as: quiet sadness, concern about their future and their children, love for life as such, awe in relation to the world around them, poems about kindness.
The poet Mukagali Makatayev, beloved by readers, but persecuted by envious people, has managed to create many outstanding works during his 45 years. He made a huge contribution to the national culture and art of Kazakhstan. His talent was recognized