About the event
As the Day of National Literature is observed on 12 December to commemorate the birth of Chingiz Aitmatov and the death of Alykul Osmonov, the honoured guests spoke about their lives and the special significance of their work in culture.
Speeches and facts
Pamirbek Shomorovich, speaking on Alykul Osmonov, drew attention to the poet's verses about the airplane and the pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union A. I. Pokryshkin, and shared the news that he had proposed translating A. Osmonov's poems into Hungarian.
As a researcher of A. Osmonov's work and the keeper of the poet's museum, Pamirbek Kazybaev invited students to visit A. Osmonov's house-museum in Bishkek. From Kazybaev's remarks, students learned that the translator of Ch. Aitmatov's works into Kyrgyz, Ashym Jakypbekov, had proposed that his novel "Teñiri Manas" be translated into Russian by Chingiz Torokulovich.
Raimzhan Rakhmanovich began with a story that he wrote poems related to aviation already in the 6th grade for the school wall newspaper. Assuming that the institute's graduates would fly to different parts of the world, he noted that in many countries Ch. Aitmatov's work is treated with great attention and respect.
For example, Kurbanov R. R. astonished the French with a dramatic recitation of the epilogue of the novella "Jamila" from memory, after which they applauded him for 5–10 minutes. Moreover, among the 600–700 French attendees at that literary meeting, the impression formed that Kyrgyz people know all of Ch. Aitmatov's works and can recite fragments.
Raimzhan Rakhmanovich urged students to read the epic "Manas", works by Ch. Aitmatov and A. Osmonov. For the youth audience, Kurbanov R. R. read poems about love, student life and the Kyrgyz language.
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Sydykbaeva M. M., as an Aitmatov scholar, said that Chingiz Torokulovich attached special importance to the novel "The Clytemnestra of Cassandra" ("Tavro Kassandry"), dividing his work into periods before and after this piece. Mira Mederkulovna noted that just as one remembers the multiplication table for life, so some literary works should be learned and known.
Student programme
Students performed musical numbers, recited poems and monologues of literary and film characters.
Additional information
Deputy Director for State Language and Educational Work Emchieva A. M. reported that the Director of the Kyrgyz Aviation Institute, Kurmanov U. E., attaches great importance to the spiritual education of youth, and that, before the pandemic, students of the university more often visited A. Osmonov's museum in the village of Kaptal-Aryk.
Mentioned persons
- 1Pamirbek Kazybaev — journalist, literary scholar
- 2Raimzhan Kurbanov — poet, head of the "Kyrgyz Language" society, publisher of "Til jana madaniyat"
- 3Ashym Jakypbekov — translator (mentioned)
- 4Sydykbaeva M. M. — Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences
- 5Sadovskaya O. A. — Deputy Director for Academic Affairs
- 6Emchieva A. M. — Deputy Director for State Language and Educational Work
- 7Kurmanov U. E. — Director of the Kyrgyz Aviation Institute
- 8A. I. Pokryshkin — mentioned as Hero of the Soviet Union