- Alykul Osmonov
Alykul Osmonov ( _ky. Алыкул Осмонов) (
March 21 ,1915 –December 12 ,1950 ) was a Kyrgyz poet. Osmonov was born inKaptal-Aryk inPanfilov District ,Kyrgyzstan , about 75km east ofBishkek . He was orphaned at a young age and was brought up in state care. His first book of poetry, "Poems at Dawn", was published in 1935. He died of pulmonarypneumonia in 1950, at the age of 35.Today, there is a statue of him outside the National Library in Bishkek, and a museum dedicated to him in the village where he was born.
External links
* [http://www.cango.net.kg/homepages/kg/aosmonov/ Museum of A. Osmonov in Kaptal-Aryk]
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