20th CENTURY LITERATURE AND PERSONALITIES: M. O. AUEZOV AND S. K. DARONYAN

Abstract

This article explores the long-standing creative collaboration between the renowned Armenian literary scholar S.K. Daronyan (1925–1990) and the prominent Kazakh writer, literary critic, and folklorist M.O. Auezov (1897–1961). Their first meeting took place in Moscow during the inauguration of the Department of Literature of the Peoples of the USSR. Later, S.K. Daronyan would rightfully consider himself primarily as the editor of the Kazakh classic’s major work — the masterpiece The Path of Abai — as well as of numerous publications related to Kazakh literature.