Sayakbay Karalaev
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Sayakbay Karalaev (Template:Langx; 1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.[1]
His famed variant of the Manas trilogy - Manas, his son Semetey, grandson Seitek - is said to total over 500,000 lines.
He was the first official manaschi of the Frunze Philarmonia, and received a monthly salary.[2] His version of the Manas trilogy was collected 1936-1952.[3]
A critical edition of his version was attempted, under the editorship of Chingiz Aitmatov in the late 1980s; later, arguably complete editions of Manas, Semetey, and Seitek appeared in the early 2010s. A CD of recorded performances appeared in 2007.[4]
A French translation of his recitation of the epic Er Töshtük was published in 1965.[5][6]
He was the subject of a biographical feature film: Sayakbay - Homer of the 20th Century (dir. Ernest Abdyjaparov).[7]
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