Smagul Yelubay

Smagul Abatuly Yelubay (Kazakh: Смағұл Абатұлы Елубай) is a famous Kazakh writer and scriptwriter. He serves as a Secretary of Writers' Union of Kazakhstan.

Smagul Yelubay was born on 9 March in 1947 in Chardzhou, Turkmenistan. In 1961 his family moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan.

• 1971 graduated from Kazakh State University;
• 1975 graduated from High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors;
• 1976-1992 worked as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Kazakhfilm;
• 1992-1995 worked as a Editor-in-Chief at Parasat magazine;
• 1995-2004 worked as a journalist at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Prague, Czech Republic;
• 2008-2010 woeked as a Editor-in-Chiefr at Kazakhfilm;
• From 2010 professor at Kazakh National Academy of Arts.

Literary works

• Lonely Yurt

Filmography

Scriptwriter

• 1982 — Red Yurt («Красная юрта»)
• 1983 — Atone («Искупи вину»)
• 1983 — House under the loon («Дом под луной»)
• 1991 — Surzhekey - The Angel of Death («Суржекей — ангел смерти»), Grand-Prize in the Silver Crescent Film Festival, Ashkhabad ( 1991), Grand-Prize in the Bastau Film Festival, Almaty (1993)
• 1992 — Batyr Bayan («Батыр Баян»)
• 2004 — Revenge («Кек»)
• 2012 — The Hunter Boy («Аңшы бала»), Best Foreign Drama Award in International Family Film Festival in Hollywood
• 2016 — Diamond sword («Алмазный меч»)
• 2016 — Land of Kazakhs («Қазақ елі»)
• 2016 — Oasis («Оазис»)

• Lonely Yurt
• Surzhekey the Angel of Death
• Anshy Bala got The Best Foreign Drama Award in USA
• Week of Kazakh cinema draws high attendance

• Order of Kurmet
• PEN Club's Award