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Chingiz Aitmatov

Chingiz Aitmatov was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1928. His work has appeared in over one hundred languages, and has received numerous awards, including the Lenin Prize. He was an adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union's twilight years and is the Kyrgyz ambassador to the European Union, NATO, UNESCO and the Benelux countries.