Writers of East Kazakhstan
Egorov Alexander Ivanovich (1926-2017) - journalist, writer, poet, participant in the Great Patriotic War, was born on April 10, 1926 in the village of Kutikha Zyryanovsky district East Kazakhstan region . For his first story "Forest Man" Egorov won first prize in a literary competition. After retiring, A. Egorov took up literary work, headed the regional literary association "Link
Altai " , was the editor of the literary and artistic magazine "Vostok", was the President of the international festival of arts "Golden Turgusun" in the village of Kutikha Zyryanovsky district and the initiator of the annual poetic "Kurdakov's Readings". Author of the books: "Altai Odyssey" (1984), "The Valley of Birch Mists" (1987), "Taiga Recluse" (1997), "On the Line of the Century" (2004), "Test" (2005), "Beauty" (2010), "Cutted Village" (2010), "On the Break" (2013).