The poet, storyteller, collector of Kazakh folklore Muzafar Alimbaev is known not only in his homeland. His poetic works are translated into 18 languages. Creativity of the poet and writer is interesting not only for adult readers, but also for kids. For them, the venerable author has written many fascinating stories and tales.
Biography of Muzafar Alimbaev
In the picturesque region, where fresh lakes and streams are located with a necklace, connected by shrubby islands overgrown with shrubs, is the salt lake of Maralda. Not far from the relict reservoir there is a village in which the great Kazakh poet and thinker Muzafar Alimbaev was born. His birth took place in 1923 on October 19. The father gave his son the name "Muzafar", it is translated from Arabic as "winner". The boy grew up among beautiful nature, surrounded by the love and care of his parents.
A huge influence on the future poet had his mother. She perfectly knew Kazakh folk poems and was interested in literature. It was the lessons that the mother gave her son that introduced little Muzafar to the work of the Kazakh akyn Abay. When fellow villagers made trips to the city, Muzafar's mother always asked them to bring books. These were small editions of Tolstoy's fairy tales, poems by Lermontov and Pushkin, and brochures in Arabic. Muzafar Alimbaev remembered lullabies and wise tales, songs and legends that his mother read and told, very well. As a teenager, the poet wrote several tales from the words of his beloved mother.
The family of Muzafar Alimbaev was very competent. Parents began to teach their three sons very early. So Muzafar at five years old read freely. When it came time to send him to school, teachers suggested that parents enroll a talented child immediately in the second grade. The boy had an excellent memory and he knew well everything that was needed from the training program in the first grade.
First sorrows
Muzafar Abayev became an orphan early. When he was 9 years old, his father passed away. Five years after the death of his father, the boy’s mother dies. Muzafar was sent to a boarding school. Despite the harsh living conditions in the boarding school, Muzafar managed to keep in his heart all the beauty that his beloved parents instilled in him. He began to write poems in memory of his childhood years, surrounded by his native family, friendly villagers. Muzafar's hobby was collecting Kazakh and Russian proverbs. He independently began compiling the Kazakh-Russian dictionary.
Education
After graduating from high school, the young man enters the pedagogical school of the city of Pavlodar, where teaching was conducted in two languages - Russian and Kazakh. At school, Muzafar immediately enrolled in a circle of literature. His first publication was born on June 18, 1939. This was a great poem, which the young poet dedicated to Maxim Gorky. Poems were published in the Pavlodar newspaper "Kyzyl Tu".
War years
In 1941, the war began. The brave Komsomol member Muzafar Alimbaev volunteers as a member of the Red Army. Over the years of the war, he went from being an ordinary soldier to deputy commander. The place of service of Muzafar Alimbaev was a mortar battery of heavy self-propelled guns. At the end of the service, the poet became an officer at the headquarters of the tank unit.
Despite the hardships, the Kazakh poet does not abandon his poetic work. His poetic works were published in periodicals that were distributed among the fighters of the Volkhov and Kalinin fronts. Muzafar Alimbaev’s poems were also published on the pages of Kazakh newspapers.
The Kazakh poet ended his military service in 1948, becoming a senior lieutenant.
He was waiting for his favorite literary work, which Muzafar decided to do professionally.
The place of work of Alimbaev was the editors of the Kazakh version of the journal "Pioneer". He worked as an editor and author of a children's magazine until 1958, after which he transferred to the post of chief editor of the Baldyrgan magazine, created in 1958. Here Muzafar Alimbaev spent wonderful years filled with creativity.
