Oralkhan Bokeev

Oralkhan Bokeev
Born (1943-09-28)September 28, 1943
village Chingistai (Katonkaragay district, East Kazakhstan Region)
Died 17 May 1993(1993-05-17) (aged 49)
Delhi, India
Alma mater Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Genre Prose
Notable awards
Years active 1970-1993

Oralkhan Bokeev (September 28, 1943 – May 17, 1993) was a Kazakh writer, playwright and journalist.[1]

Life

Oralkhan Bokeev was born on September 28, 1943 in Chingistai village in Katonkaragay district of Eastern Kazakhstan province. After graduation from Chingistai school named after Sultanmahmut Toraygirov in 1961, he worked as a youth guide for a local Pioneer organization and a tractor driver in the "Altai" sovkhoz.

From 1963 to 1969 he took correspondence courses at the journalism faculty of the Kazakh State University of C. M. Kirov. From 1965 to 1968 he worked at the “Enbek Tuyi” (“The Labor Banner”), the Bolshenarym district newspaper, as a proofreader, translator and deputy editor, and in the literature department of the Eastern Kazakhstan regional newspaper "Kommunism tuyi" ("The communism banner", later renamed into “Didar” (“Image”)). In 1968 Oralkhan is invited to join the staff of the “Leninshil Zhas” (“Lenin’s Youth”, later renamed into “Zhas Alash” (“Young Tribe”)) newspaper. It was a fellow writer Sherkhan Murtaza who recognized a rising talent in an tractor driver from Chingistai and brought him to Almaty to immerse into the thriving urban writing community. Murtaza’s support made great impact on Oralkhan’s growth as a journalist and a writer. From 1974 to 1983 Oralkhan Bokey was a prose department manager in the literary magazine “Zhuldyz” (“Star”), in 1983-1991 he served as a deputy editor of the “Kazakh Adebiet” (“Kazakh Literature”) newspaper, later rising to the chief editor position. He died on May 17, 1993 during a business trip to Delhi, India.

Works

He was recognized as a Writer from his first collection of narratives and short stories "Kamchiger" published in Alma-Ata in 1970.

"All my stories are inspired by memories about my native place and real events of my youth, — writes O. Bokeev. My countrymen, the Kazakhs - people of strong characters with honest and open hearts. As if enchanted, they live in the area favored by their ancestors. Devoted to their native land, they are proud, hardworking, and brave."

After his first collection, there appeared others: "Pleiades" (1971), "Where are You, White-Fronted Colt?" (1973), "Ice Mountains" (1975). His story collections: "Lightning Traces" (1978), "Singing Dunes" (1981), "The Scream" (1984), "Trains Go By" (1985), "Man-Deer "(1987), were translated into Russian. Each line in Bokeev’s books is inspired by his native land. Within this area of the country are the Bukhtarma River, the Altai range, and the snow caps of mount Belukha. There, the plains meet the sand dunes, and the taiga and camel trails meet with the deer paths.

His books were published in German, Slovak, Bulgarian, English, Hungarian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, as well as the languages of the CIS.

Characters

The heroes of his works by birth and occupation are village people: shepherds, herdsmen, deer-breeders, mechanizes, and foresters; elderly and very young. These are people with a strongly marked national character and a unique spiritual formation. Men and women, young and old, educated and not, all struggle with the secrets and riddles of human existence. They also battle the eternal and fateful problems of the human soul. The description of nature by 0. Bokeev is an indispensable and equal participant in the events of his literary works. It interferes with the lives of the heroes, forms the characters, and asks, guides, and examines these characters. For example, Aspan, from the story "The Scream", lands in the valley of ice captivity. A shepherd, from the story "Singing Dunes,” rescues a sheep flock from the onslaught of mad disaster. Young tractor-drivers from the novel "Snow Girl" get lost on the road on a pitch-black January night. All of these events are both real and metaphorical. Heroes are immersed in the elements of nature. The rhythm of life coincides with the rhythm of nature. All of O. Bokeev’s prose is directed toward the contemplation of good and evil, of strength and courage, and of true and false spiritual values.

Awards

He has state awards:

References

  1. ↑ "Охраняя огонь разума..." [Protecting the fire of the mind...]. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

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