Prominent Kazakhstani poet passes away aged 65
17:18, 27 December 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - A well-known Kazakhstani poet and laureate of the International Award Alash Ibragim Issayev has passed away aged 65 in Almaty city.
According to spokesperson of the Kazakhstan Writers Union Kaiyrnisa Zhumasheva, the poet died of heart disease. Ibragim Issayev will be laid to rest at 10:00 a.m. on Monday (December 29). Issayev was born in Dzhetikul village in Kyzylorda region in 1949. He graduated from the Kirov Kazakhstan State University (now - the Al Farabi Kazakh National University). Issayev worked for Syrdarya newspaper, Ara and Zhalyn magazines. He penned several books of poems.