Sunday, November 28, 2010

Mukhtar Auezov

Myxtap (Moo-gh-tar) Ah-(upside-down ‘e’)-way-(ye)zov-(3OB).

Edna and the kids are posing with Auezov, considered the father of Kazakh playwriting. He is also credited with preserving and translating local histories and stories. He was the first writer to translate and introduce Shakespeare to Central Asia in the 1920’s. Why mention him on our blog? We live on Auezov Street, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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