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Mongolian literature is literature written in Mongolia and/or in the Mongolian language. It was greatly influenced by and evolved from its nomadic oral storytelling traditions, [1] and it originated in the 13th century. [2] The "three peaks" of Mongol literature, The Secret History of the Mongols, Epic of King Gesar and Epic of Jangar, [3] all ...
Mongolian[note 1] is the principal language of the Mongolic language family that originated in the Mongolian Plateau. It is spoken by ethnic Mongols and other closely related Mongolic peoples who are native to modern Mongolia and surrounding parts of East and North Asia. Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia and a ...
A Mongol-language school under Russian auspices opened in Yihe Huree in 1912; much of the teaching of the 47 pupils was done by Buryat Mongols from Siberia. In the same year, a military school with Russian instructors opened. By 1914 a school teaching Russian to Mongolian children were operating in the capital. Its graduates, in a pattern that ...
Mongol epic poetry. Epic poetry, or tuuli in Mongolian, is an important genre of Mongol oral literature, with features reminiscent of Germanic alliterative verse. [1] The two most well-known epics are the Jangar and the Geser. [2] These tuuli are commonly sung with instruments such as the Morin khuur (horse-head fiddle) and the Tovshuur (lute).
Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj[a] (Mongolian: Дашдоржийн Нацагдорж; 17 November 1906 – 13 July 1937), was a Mongolian writer, poet, playwright, and journalist. He is considered the founder and most-widely read author of modern Mongolian literature, and an exponent of "socialist realism". His most famous works are the opera Three ...
Baldan Sodnom 1908-1979 B. Sodnom German ulsyn dund surgul'd, 1929 on ; Анхны барууны оюутан 1926-1930. Sodnom Baldan (January 4, 1908 – 1979) was one of the first Mongolian students to study in Western Europe, one of the first members of the Mongolian Writers' Union, a professor at the Mongolian National University, author of Mongolian literature, founder of the study of D ...
Classical Mongolian was the literary language of Mongolian that was first introduced shortly after 1600, when Ligdan Khan set his clergy the task of translating the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist canon, consisting of the Kangyur and Tengyur, into Mongolian. [1] This script then became the established literary language used for all Mongolian ...
East Asian literature is the diverse writings from the East Asian nations, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan. Literature from this area emerges as a distinct and unique field of prose and poetry that embodies the cultural, social and political factors of each nation. Prose within East Asian countries reflects the rich cultural heritage ...