The book describes the works of Kazakh poet, philosopher, composer, educator, thinker, public figure, the IXX century founder of Kazakh written literature and classic. On the formation of Abai world outlook was influenced by poets and scholars of the East, adhering to the humanistic ideas (Ferdowsi, Alisher Navoi, Nizami, Fuzuli, Ibn Sina and others), as well as works of Russian classics, and through them European literature in general. He translated Krylov, Lermontov, Pushkin, Goethe and Byron. Characterized story poem "Qaranghy tunde qalghyp tau" ( "Mountain slumbered in the dark of the night"), which has become a folk song. Goethe wrote «Wanderers Nachtlied» ( «Wanderer's Night Song"), Lermontov shifted it into Russian ("Mountain tops are sleeping in the darkness of the night ..."), and after another half century Abai Kunanbayev conveyed its content in the Kazakh language. Abai Kunanbayev contributed to the spread of Russian and European culture among the Kazakhs. Later it was followed by Turar Ryskulov. Kunanbayev Abai was an innovator of Kazakh poetry ; the innovative nature of the verses are devoted to the seasons: "Spring" (1890), "Summer" (1886), "Autumn" (1889), "Winter" (1888), poems about poetry assignment (to teach the good and condemn the bad). Topics of Poems "Masgud" (1887) and "The Legend about Azim" based on motives of eastern classical literature. In the poem "Iskander" in the face opposed to the mind of Aristotle and the greed of the conqueror in the person of Alexander the Great. In the history of Kazakh literature Abai took the place of honor, enriching Kazakh verse new sizes and rhymes. He introduced new poetic form: octave, hexastich and others. Abai created about 170 poems and 56 translations, wrote a poem, "Words of edification" or "Book of Words" ("Kara sozder"). Abai was also a talented and original composer. He made about two dozen tunes that are popular today. Some of his poems Abai Kunanbayev shifted to music and song on his poems "Kozіmnіn qarasy" ("You are the pupil of my eye").
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