Prominent Kazakhstani poet passes away aged 65

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - A well-known Kazakhstani poet and laureate of the International Award Alash Ibragim Issayev has passed away aged 65 in Almaty city.
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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.

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