Event dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abay

Head of State Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed a decree celebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of the great poet, philosopher and enlightener Abay Kunanbayev. Abai Kunanbayev is an innovator of Kazakh poetry. He created about 170 poems and 56 translations.

On November 29, 2019 a literary evening was held in the library of ENU, dedicated to the work of the great son of the Kazakh people, Abay Kunanbayev. The program was very rich: the performance of the Shanyrak Theater, literary compositions, the performance of songs, poems in the Kazakh language. Third-year students of the department "Theories and Practices of Foreign Languages" Kabdy Syrbai, Medenova Moldir, Kenbai Gulbarshyn recited poetry of a brilliant poet in English. Among the invited guests were the head of the department Zh.A. Beisenbaeva, the senior teacher of the department N.M. Narmukhametova, library staff, and students.