“If I were given a second life, I would have turned”: 90 years since the birth of Chingiz Aitmatov
2018-12-12T08:46:49.771Z
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90 years ago, on December 12, 1928, a Kyrgyz and Russian writer, screenwriter and diplomat Chingiz Aitmatov was born. During his long creative career, he wrote more than 20 works, among which are “Jamila”, “Farewell, Gulsary!”, “White Ship”, “Spotted Dog Running the Edge of the Sea” and “Block”. Many of his works were filmed, often Aitmatov personally participated in the work on the tapes as a collaborator and screenwriter. For two of his works, the story “Farewell, Gulsary!” And the novel “And the day lasts more than a century,” he received the USSR State Prize. The third similar award was awarded to him for creating the literary basis for the painting “The White Ship”. The writer combined his writing activity with politics: from 1990 to 2006, he served as ambassador of the USSR, Russia, and after that - of Kyrgyzstan. Aitmatov died on June 10, 2008 at the age of 79 years.
Source: russiart