Poet (b. 1938, Aksu, Nalchik,
Kabardino-Balkar Republic). He attended primary school in Lenin Jol village of
Celal Abad city in Kyrgyzstan (1956). He began to write poems during his school
days (1953). He graduated from Kabardino-Balkar State University, Department of
History (1963). He served as editor-in chief in local newspaper, vice editor in
the newspaper Kommunizmge Jol and the
Minister of Kabardino-Balkar Republic Publication Affairs. He is a state artist
of Kabardino-Balkar Republic, a member of the Writers Union of Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics-Russian Federation and has the Literature Award of Vinnitsa
city of Ukraine. His poems were published in Turkey, Yugoslavia, Hungary,
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.
WORKS:
Ertden (Morning, 1961), Jaşau Jırı (Song of Life, 1965), Julduzla Jarığı (Lights of Stars, 1966), Siniy Liven (Blue Rainfall, Russian, 1967), Jaşçık bla Su (Child and River, 1968), Kelgen Jolum (The Road I Came from, 1968), Jan Halallık (Broad Hearted, 1970), Nıhıtla (Straight Slope, 1970), Grızyot
Moy Kon Udila (My Horse is Chewing its Bit, Russian, Moscow, 1972), Kün Ortası (Midday, 1974), Şest Pisem Sovesti (Six Letters of
Conscience, Russian, Moscow, 1987), İçgen
Suvum (The Water that I Drank, 1998).