Writer, poet, member of the Kazakhstan Writers Union, Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Khanbibi YESSENKARAKYZY was bornin1949 in South Kazakhstan (now Turkestan) region. She is a graduate of the Chimkent Pedagogic Institute. Ms Yessenkarakyzy worked as a secondary school teacher at the beginning of her professional career. Then, she worked for a regional newspaper «Saryagash». She also held the post of the head of the culture department of South Kazakhstan region, director of the Kaldayakov regional philharmonic hall. She authored many poems and literary works as well as lyrics of the well-known Kazakh songs. Her poems were translated into Russian, Ukrainian, Sakha, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.