Thursday, October 8, 2020
On October 8, the Nazarbayev University Library and the Herman B. Wells Library at Indiana University co-hosted an online poetry event in honor of the 175th anniversary of the Kazakh poet Abai Qunanbaiuly (Kunanbaev). The event celebrated Abai's writing through readings and musical renditions of his work in Kazakh and in translation.
Among the participants were current UCLA Russian Flagship student Joseph Matveyenko, who read the poem "Sagattyn shyqyldagy emes ermek" / "Сагаттын шыкылдагы емес ермек" in the Kazak original, and James Nee'2020, who read Abai's poem « Журегiм, ойбай, сокпа ендi!», translated into Russian as « О сердце моё, замри, застынь! » by S. Tleubaev.
Joseph suggests the following websites as sources of Abai's poetry and Kazakh literacture in general:
Kazakh literature: https://adebiportal.kz/en
Online book with twenty poems by Abai in Kazakh, Russian, German:
https://adebiportal.kz/ru/books/view/dvadtsat_stihotvorenii_na_treh_yazikah__104
Wiki page with 140 poems by Abai in Kazakh:
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Абай_Кунанбайулынын_елендерi_104
Articles about Abai:
https://adebiportal.kz/en/news/view/congeniality__22979
https://adebiportal.kz/en/news/view/5306
https://adebiportal.kz/en/authors/view/2679