"Poet of the Century"Farabi University

"Poet of the Century"

9 february, 2026

On February 9, a literary and aesthetic event on the topic: «Poet of the Century» dedicated to Mukagali Makatayev was held.

It was organized by the students of the 104th group studying аt Akhmet Baitursynuly Department of Kazakh Linguistics of Faculty of Philology at Al- Farabi Kazakh National University.

     The event was dedicated to the life and career of Mukagali Makatayev. Masters of expressive poetry entertained the audience with poems on various topics.

 The audience was particularly drawn to the poet's poems on love, which are popular among young people. Following poems by the group's talented poets, Duisenbek Akerke performed the songs "Men dep oyla" and "Senің kөzің." The students concluded the literary and aesthetic event by singing various songs together.