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Language and literature · Kazakhstan

Turkic languages, epics, books, writers and poets: from the Orkhon inscriptions to today.

Works and epics

Literary workThe Book of Words (Abai)Abai's 45 philosophical prose pieces written in the 1890s, a cornerstone of Kazakh thought.Read more →
Literary workThe Path of Abai (Mukhtar Auezov)A four-volume epic novel (1942–1956) about the life of Abai, the summit of Kazakh prose.Read more →
Literary workKyz Zhibek (epic)A Kazakh lyric epic of the tragic love of Tolegen and Zhibek, subject of the first Kazakh opera and a celebrated film.Read more →
Literary workKozy Korpesh: Bayan SuluThe "Romeo and Juliet" of the Kazakh steppe — an ancient lyric epic of two ill-fated lovers.Read more →