Gabit Musirepov
SOVIET WRITER (1902-1985)
Musirepov; Gabit Musrepov
Gabit Makhmutuli Musirepov (, Ғабит Махмұтұлы Мүсірепов; ; 22 March 1902 – 31 December 1985) was a Soviet Kazakh writer, playwright and author of libretto to Kazakh opera Kyz-Zhibek. He was awarded the People's Writer of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, served as President of the Kazakhstan Union of Writers, and was a member of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.