Autobiography

Dandai Iskakovich was born on May 27, 1946 in the village of Kogam in the Otyrar district of Turkestan region. The society was seven years old (1953-1961) and studied at the Zhambyl Secondary School (1961-1964) in the district center of Shauildyr. He graduated from Al- Farabi Kazakh National University (1969), postgraduate studies at the M.O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1974). In the Soviet Army, platoon commander, company (1969-1971), junior researcher at the M.O. Institute of Literature and Art. Auezova of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1975-1977), senior lecturer, associate professor, Professor, head of the Department at the Faculties of Journalism, Philology of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (1977-2000), L.N. Gumilev he was a professor at the Lomonosov Eurasian University (2000-2004). In 2004-2020, he worked as a vice-rector, advisor to the rector of S. Demirel University. Since September 2020, he has been a leading researcher at the Institute of Abai Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. D. Iskakovich was awarded the Order of "Kurmet" (2017); for his great contribution to the development of the country's higher education system and many years of fruitful work in writing educational literature, A. Gold Medal. Baitursynov (2016), badge "For Merits in the development of science of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2016), MAKTYMKULY TURKSOY Medal For Merits in the study of the Turkic world (2016), gold medals named after Mashhur Zhusup and im. Sultanmakhmut Toraighyrov for achievements in literary studies, gold medal named after him. For his contribution, Al-Farabi was awarded the jubilee medal "80 years of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University" (2014; for outstanding achievements in the field of Turkology (2019); honorary professor of Ili Pedagogical University (China, 2016), laureate of the International Alash Prize "2022"); Honorary citizen of the Otyrar district of Turkestan region.