 Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov (, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, ; , "Muchtar Omarchanovič Auezov") (September 28, 1897 — June 27, 1961) was a Kazakh writer, a social activist, a Doctor of Philology, and an honored academic of the Soviet Union (1946).He was born on September 28, 1897 and raised in Semey (Kaskabulak).