Durnyam Mashurova
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Durnyam Mashurova ({{langx|ug|Дурням Машурова}}; {{langx|ru|Дурням Мурдиновна Машурова}}; born 8 March 1943) is a Uyghur writer and poet from Kazakhstan. She wrote lyrics to songs performed by Dervishi, a Uyghur music band in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Durnyam Mashurova is best known for her memoirs "A Life Lived Not in Vain" ({{langx|ru|"Не Зря Прожитая Жизнь"}}) describing life of her husband Azat Mashurov which were published in Uyghur in 2005. This book was translated into Russian in June, 2007. In 2009, she published a new surrealistic novel "Ana Mirasi" ("Mother's Will", {{langx|ru|"Завещание Матери"}}).
External links
- [http://www.shvoong.com/books/biography/1817228-life-lived-vain "A Life Lived Not in Vain" Book Review by Dr. Lee B Croft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722082834/http://www.shvoong.com/books/biography/1817228-life-lived-vain/ |date=2012-07-22 }}
- [http://dmashurova.blogspot.com Durnyam Mashurova's Blog]
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Category:20th-century Kazakhstani writers
Category:20th-century Kazakhstani women
Category:21st-century Kazakhstani writers
Category:21st-century Kazakhstani women
Category:Kazakhstani novelists
Category:21st-century novelists
Category:21st-century memoirists
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