Biography of chingiz aitmatov books

Chinghiz Aitmatov belonged to the post-war generation of writers. His output before Jamila was not significant, a few short stories and a short novel called Face to Face.

But it was Jamila that came to prove the author's work. Seen through the eyes of an adolescent boy, it tells of how Jamila, a village girl, separated from her soldier husband by the war, falls in love with a disabled soldier staying in their village as they all work to bring in and transport the grain crop.

Biography of chingiz aitmatov books in english

Aitmatov's representative works also include the short novels Farewell, Gulsary!,[12] The White Ship, The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years,[13] and The Place of the Skull. Aitmatov was honoured in 1963 with the Lenin Prize for Tales of the Mountains and Steppes (a compilation including Jamila, The First Teacher and Farewell, Gulsary!) and was later awarded a State prize for Farewell, Gulsary!

Aitmatov's art was glorified by admirers. Even critics of Aitmatov mentioned the high quality of his no