Ilya Zhakanov | |
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Born | Aktogay village in Sarysu District of Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR | 6 May 1936
Citizenship | Soviet Union Kazakhstan |
Education | composer writer art critic |
Alma mater | Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov Atyrau State University |
Notable awards | |
Spouse | Tiyshkul Altayeva |
Children | 4 |
Ilya Zhakanov[1] (born in Aktogay village, Sarysu District of Jambyl Region of the Kazakh SSR on May 6, 1936[2]) was a Soviet and Kazakhstani writer, composer, and art critic. They were an Honored Worker of Culture of the Kazakh SSR (1990), Distinguished Cultural Contributor of Kyrgyzstan (1994),[3] Distinguished Cultural Contributor of Kazakhstan (1998), and Hero of Labour of Kazakhstan (2022).[4]