Lecturer of ENU Military Training Department is an international award winner
Lecturer of the Military Training Department of the Eurasian National University, military journalist, poet-translator Abubakir Smailov was awarded the title of laureate of the international literary award “Alash".
The prize was awarded to the poet "For Services to the Promotion of World Literature." Abubakir Smailov translated into Kazakh such novels as J.Austin's "Pride and Prejudice" and Erich Remarque's "Arc de Triomphe". These works were highly appreciated in the report on the literary results of 2023 of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan.
It should be noted that the poet had previously been awarded the Daryn State Youth Prize for the poem "Cry of the Soul".
A. Smailov is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He was the author and presenter of the military-patriotic program "Khabar-Asker". As a military journalist, he prepared reports from the Tajik-Afghan border on the peacekeeping activities of the Kazakhstani consolidated battalion. He took part in many major international exercises in the USA, Holland, Germany, etc.
He held various military positions in the Central Office of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, worked his way up from a senior officer to the head of the department. Currently, he shares his experience and knowledge to future military journalists as a lecturer at the ENU Military Training Department.