Sayakbay Karalaev
Sayakbay Karalaev | |
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| Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев | |
 Sayakbay Karalaev, as shown on the Kyrgyz 500 som note. | |
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | May 7, 1971 (aged 76-77) |
| Occupation | Poet |
Sayakbay Karalaev (Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев; 1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.[1]
His famed variant of the Manas trilogy - Manas, his son Semetey, grandson Seitek - is said to total over 500,000 lines.
He was the first official manaschi of the Frunze Philarmonia, and received a monthly salary.[2] His version of the Manas trilogy was collected 1936-1952.[3]
A critical edition of his version was attempted, under the editorship of Chingiz Aitmatov in the late 1980s; later, arguably complete editions of Manas, Semetey, and Seitek appeared in the early 2010s. A CD of recorded performances appeared in 2007.[4]
A French translation of his recitation of the epic Er Töshtük was published in 1965.[5][6]
He was the subject of a biographical feature film: Sayakbay - Homer of the 20th Century (dir. Ernest Abdyjaparov).[7]
References
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- ^ Каралаев Саякбай in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- ^ Thomson, Simon C. (2021). "A Telling Tradition: Preliminary Comments on the Epic of Manas, 1856-2018". In Thomson, S. C. (ed.). Medieval stories and storytelling: multimedia and multi-temporal perspectives. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. pp. 239-301 (265). ISBN 978-2-503-59050-9.
- ^ Jacquesson, Svetlana (5 May 2022). "From Folk Epics to Epic Monuments: Studying and Publishing Epic Lore in the Soviet Union (1920s–1960s)". Journal of Central Asian History. 1 (1): 100–129. doi:10.1163/27728668-12340003.
- ^ Karalaev, Saiakbai (2007). Heroic Songs of Manas: Saiakbai Karalev (1894-1971). PAN Records 2054.
- ^ Aventures merveilleuses sous terre et ailleurs de Er-Töshtük le géant des steppes. Translated by Boratav, Pertev. Paris: Gallimard. 1965.
- ^ DeWeese, Devin (2010). Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 9780271044453.
- ^ "Sayakbay. Homer Of The 20th Century-Kyrgyz Cinema". www.kyrgyzcinema.com.
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