Олжас Сулейменов о происхождении Наурыза

New books by Olzhas Suleimenov are available for purchase now at kaspi.kz, ozon, wb, flip, and at the oldbook store. In 2026, Kazakhstan and other reading nations will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Olzhas Suleimenov, poet and thinker, leader of the international anti-nuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk." For the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries, Olzhas Suleimenov stands out as an author whose work imbued the era with the meaningful and conceptually significant presence of Kazakhstani literature in the global cultural space. Following his programmatic principle, "To elevate the steppe without humiliating the mountains...," Olzhas Omarovich affirmed the dignity of his people in dialogue with other cultures and civilizations. His literary and intellectual work, beginning in the 1960s, contributed to the development of a qualitatively new level of national consciousness and historical agency among Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples. In 1989, the "Nevada-Semipalatinsk" movement united Kazakhstani society and laid the foundations for the country's physical and moral recovery after four decades of nuclear testing. The philosophy of conscious interdependence, pioneered by Olzhas Suleimenov, is considered by cultural figures and scholars to be part of humanity's cultural heritage. His formula, "From centuries of dependence – through a period of independence – to an era of conscious interdependence," has gained increasing historical credibility and recognition from international organizations with each passing decade, becoming one of the fundamental ideas aimed at transforming the world and bringing cultures closer together in the 21st century.