Poetry of alyba

On January 5, 2021, a round table "Poetry of Alyba" dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the great poet Mukagali Makatayev, who left a special mark on the world of poetry, was held at the branch of the regional history and local history museum in the city of Ayagoz. Purpose: to acquaint with the life and work of Mukagali Makatayev, an iceberg of Kazakh poetry, through the poet's poems to show the power of poetry, to awaken in museum visitors love for people, language and homeland.
M. Makataev was born on February 9, 1931 in the village of Karasaz, Narynkol district, Almaty region. His father Solomon was a collective farm organizer in the area. He went to the front in 1941 and never returned. His mother, Nagiman, was a simple peasant. From an early age, the poet grew up early and began to work early. After graduating from high school, he worked as a village secretary, head of the Red Army, the Komsomol. From 1954 to 1962 he worked as an announcer on Kazakh radio, from 1962 to 1972 he worked as head of the education department in the newspaper "Socialist Kazakhstan", "Kazakh literature", magazines "Culture and Life", "Zhuldyz", p. From 1972 to 1973 he worked as a literary consultant at the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan. The first poem of the poet was published in 1948 in the Narynkol regional newspaper "Sovettik Shekara". The books “Darina Zhurek”, “Akular Kyyktaganda”, “Omir-dastan”, “Atameken”, “Raiymbek” and others were published. During his short life he presented several collections of lyric poems and epics. In the field of translation of poems, he translated Shakespeare's sonnets, Dante's Mighty Comedy. Composer N. Tlendiev wrote songs to the poet's poems "Sarzhaylau", "Sunbeidi, uzhe shyrakyk", "Kel, erkem, Alatauyka". He died on March 27, 1976 in Almaty.

Branch of the Regional Museum of History and Local Lore in the city of Ayagoz