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Chingiz Aitmatov (Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov) was born on 12 December, 1928 in Sheker, Kirghiz SSR, USSR [now Kyrgyzstan], is a writer,actor. Discover Chingiz Aitmatov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
| Popular As |
Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov |
| Occupation |
writer,actor |
| Age |
79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
12 December 1928 |
| Birthday |
12 December |
| Birthplace |
Sheker, Kirghiz SSR, USSR [now Kyrgyzstan] |
| Date of death |
10 June, 2008 |
| Died Place |
Nuremberg, Germany |
| Nationality |
Kyrgyzstan
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Chingiz Aitmatov Height, Weight & Measurements
At 79 years old, Chingiz Aitmatov height not available right now. We will update Chingiz Aitmatov's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Chingiz Aitmatov's Wife?
His wife is Maria Aitmatov (? - 10 June 2008) ( his death) ( 4 children)
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| Wife |
Maria Aitmatov (? - 10 June 2008) ( his death) ( 4 children) |
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Chingiz Aitmatov Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chingiz Aitmatov worth at the age of 79 years old? Chingiz Aitmatov’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Kyrgyzstan. We have estimated Chingiz Aitmatov's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Writer |
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He was born Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov on December 12, 1928, in Kirgizia, Soviet Union. His family was bilingual, Russian-Kyrgyz. His father, Torekul Aitmatov, was one of the first Kyrgyz communists and a regional party secretary.
In 1937, while attending the Institute for Red Professorship in Moscow, Torekul was arrested and executed on charges of anti-Soviet bourgeois nationalism. Young Aitmatov was brought up by a single mother. He attended the Russian school, then Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute in Frunze, but changed from the study of livestock to the study of literature at the Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.
He made his literary debut in Russia, in 1952, with publication of his stories in Russian.
From 1958 to 1966 he was roving correspondent for the leading Soviet Newspaper Pravda.
His representative works : 'Jamila' (1958), 'The First Teacher' (1967), 'Farewell, Gyulsary!' (1967), 'The White Ship' (1972), and 'The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years' (1988) were translated in more than 20 languages across the world.
From 1964 to 1985 he was Chairman of the Cinema Union of Kyrgyzian SSR, and in 1985 he was named Chairman of the Kyrgyz Writers Union.
Chingiz Aitmatov was a Russian-Kyrgyz writer and statesman known for such films as Pervyy uchitel (1965), Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977) and Jamila (1994).
In 1967 he became a member of the Executive Board of the Soviet Writers Union, and in 1968 he won the Soviet State Prize for literature for his novel Farewell, Gulsary!, a tale of an old man reminiscing about the parallel lives of himself and his old horse, which is dying.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969
Aitmatov won two more State Prizes in 1977 and 1983, and was named a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1978.
In 1990-1991 he served as an advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev and in 1990 was appointed Soviet Ambassabor to Luxemburg.
He served as the Soviet and then Russian ambassador to Belgium from 1990 to 1993.
During the 1990s, Chingiz Aitmatov was member of the Kyrgyzstan's parliament.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Aitmatov's novels found a new audience in the West and gained popularity in Germany.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1994
In 1995, he became Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and also represented his home country in the European Union, NATO and UNESCO.
