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[[File:Musrepov.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Postage stamp|Stamp]] of [[Kazakhstan]] devoted to Gabit Musirepov, 2002 (Michel 400)]]
'''Gabit Makhmutuli Musirepov''' ({{lang-kz|'''Ғабит Махмұтұлы Мүсірепов'''}}; {{lang-ru|'''Габит Махмутович Мусрепов'''}}) (1902&ndash;1985) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] writer, playwright and author of libretto to [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] opera ''[[Kyz-Zhibek]]''. [[People's Writer]] of the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]], President of the Kazakhstan Union of Writers and member of the [[Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences]].

== Biography ==
Gabit Musirepov was born on 22 March 1902 (9 March according to the [[Julian calendar]]) in a village located in [[Province of Kostanay|Kostanay]] region, then belonging to the [[Russian Empire]]. Between 1923 and 1926, he studied at the [[Rabfak|Faculty of Workers]] in [[Orenburg]], and then at the agroeconomic institute at [[Omsk]]. He started his literary career in 1925, writing his first story, ''To the abyss'' (''В пучине'') in 1928, about events that occurred during the [[Russian Civil War]], 1918-1920. In 1928, he collaborated at the literary journal ''Jana-Adabiet'' (''Жана-Адабиет''). Among his works stand out ''Kyz-Zhibek'' (''Қыз Жібек''), first libretto to a Kazakh opera, with music by [[Yevgeny Brusilovsky]], and ''The tragedy of the poet'' (''Трагедия поэта''), written in 1958 (first version titled ''Ақан сері Ақтоқты'', 1942), that dealt with the tragedy of [[Ajani]], a Kazakh singer and composer of the 19th century.

He was President to the Union of Kazakh Writers between 1956–1962 and 1964–1966, Secretary of the [[Union of Soviet Writers]] (1959) and member of the 5th Convocation of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]], deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]. He died on 31 December 1985.

== Works ==

=== Short stories ===
* ''Pair of Lakes'' (''Қос шалқар'', 1929)
* ''Urgent'' (''Шұғыла'', 1933)
* ''Stubby nostril'' (''Талпақ танау'', 1933)

=== Novels ===
* ''Kazakh Soldier'' (''Қазақ солдаты'', 1949)
* ''The Awakening of the Region'' (''Оянған өлке'', 1953)
* ''Ulpan'' (''Ұлпан'', 1976)

=== Plays ===
* ''Kyz-Zhibek'' (''Қыз Жібек'', 1934), music by [[Yevgeny Brusilovsky]]
* ''Amangeldi'' (''Амангелді'', 1937)
* ''Kozy-Korpesh and Bayan-Sulu'' (''Қозы Көрпеш Баян сұлу'', 1939)
* ''Poet's tragedy'' (''Трагедия поэта'', 1958)

== Bibliography ==
* Тулаған-Толқында, Казгиз, Kyzylorda, 1928
* Журнал «Жаңа-Әдебиет», 1928—1931
* Красноармейский букварь, Almaty, 1929—1930
* Букварь для малограмотных, Almaty, 1930
* Шығармалар жинағы, 5 томдық, т. 1-2, Almaty, 1972—1973
* Однажды и на всю жизнь. Избраные повести и рассказы, Almaty, 1968.
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== External links ==
*[http://adebiportal.kz/catalog/book/the-tale-of-the-first-woman/ The tale of the first woman], Novellas of Gabit Musirepov
*[http://adebiportal.kz/catalog/book/the-fifth-kind/ The Fifth Kind], Novellas of Gabit Musirepov
*[http://kitap.kz/index.php/catalog/book/314-habit_musirepov_turaly/ About Gabit Musirepov] (On Kazakh)

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