Poetry
Алтын кыз
Not translated into English
Dzhoomart Bokonbaev · 1933
Synopsis
A youthful poem, published with other verse, which Soviet critics held to be the author's principal work and whose subject matter was at once adapted for the stage. Neither its action nor the name of its heroine is known.
Context
The bibliographies list a volume of the same title dated 1933, the first known publication. The poem then appeared in Frunze from Kyrgyzmambas in 1934, in a slim volume of thirty-two pages that paired it with other verse, then on its own in 1938 and again in 1939; a Russian translation, The Golden Girl, appeared in 1936. Its subject passed to the lyric theatre, and a university study still notes today the success of this piece and its timeliness. Its author was preparing a film based on the national epic when he died.
Who it is for
A poem in Kyrgyz, translated into Russian but not into French; its subject matter is mostly known through the stage.
Prizes and reception
Regarded as its author's major work, it was included in his collected works in two volumes, from 1950 to 1954.