On June 21, 2011 at 11:00 hours at the National library of the Republic of Kazakhstan took place the panel dedicated to the 70-th jubilee of the well-known writer, dramaturg, public figure, winner of the International literary “Alash” prize of Sofy Smatayev.

    The activity is organized by the National library of the Republic Kazakhstan together with the Writers’union of Kazakhstan within the framework of the 20-th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    The moderator of the panel was the winner of the International literary “Alash” prize, deputy Chairman of the Writers’union of Kazakhstan Berik Shakhanov. Also there at the panel made speeches: the publicist Sarbas Aktayev, the well-known poet Mukhtar Shakhanov, the people’s writer Kabdesh Zhumadilov, the doctor of science (philology) professor Zhangar Dadebayev, the poet Rafael Niyazbekov, the well-known journalists Gazizbek Tashimbai, Erlan Zhunis and others.

    There within the framework of the panel for the readers’attention out of the fonds of the National library was installed the book-illustrative exhibition named “Elim-ai degen er” dedicated to the creative activity of the writer S.Smatayev. there at the exhibition are presented the first book of the writer – the collection of verses and ballads “Astana ottary”, the novel-trilogy “Elim-ai” – the main prosaic work of the writer, the novels “Akzhelen”, “Bulak”, “Mangilik bastauysh”, “Biz kulmuz ba, kim biz?”, the short novels, collections of stories “Alau”, “Algashky asu”, “Kairan zhastyk”, the collection of works consisting of 17 volumes etc.

    Sofy Kalybekovich Smatayev – the winner of the orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Kurmet” and “Parasat”. The honorary citizen of the cities Zhezkazgan and Balkhash and also of the Agadyr, Karkaralinsk and Shetsk districts of the Karaganda region.