Children's & YA
2020
Great Abai
by Almira Suzhikova
“Great Abai” is an encyclopedic edition intended for young people and a wide range of readers. The book is dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of the most famous and revered Kazakh poet, writer and philosopher. The main goal of the book is to show the younger generation the personality of Abai (Ibragim) Kunanbayev from a new side, to instill in young people a sense of hard work, unity and brotherhood, just in the spirit of Abai’s precepts. In order to reveal the different facets of Abai’s personality, the materials are grouped by topics: 1) Abai’s childhood; 2) The era of Abai; 3) Abai’s participation in ruling the people; 4) Abai’s works; 5) The image of Abai in the visual arts; 6) Abai in the heart of the people. At the same time, this edition contains new additional information, excerpts from the writer’s works, memoirs of children, relatives and friends of the poet. The book has many illustrations; most of the illustrative material are exhibits from the Abai museum.
