Language and literature

Sholpan (The Morning Star)

Magzhan Zhumabayev on a stamp — Post of Kazakhstan / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Author: Mağjan Jumabaiuly
Published: 1912
Language: qazaxca

Magzhan Zhumabayev's first collection of poems, printed in Kazan in 1912. His lyrical, symbolist verse sings of the Kazakh steppe, the homeland and Turkic unity. Banned for decades, he is now a classic of Kazakh poetry.

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