Saken Ömür (born 1927; ) is a Kyrgyz writer and poet from China.
Saken was born in 1927 in Karajül village outside of Artush. From 1943 till 1946 he studied at Kashgar Normal College.
He worked as a teacher at the Central University for Nationalities from 1957 to 1966, and as an editor for the Kyzylsuu newspaper from 1979 till his retirement in 1987.
His first work When I see it with my own eyes (Öz közüm menen körgöndö) was published in 1961. During the sixties he also did a lot of work on the collecting, writing and publishing of Jusup Mamay's version of the Manas epic.
His novel Joyful Road (Şaŋduu jol) received the Tulpar literature award.
Published books In the Kereme mountain valley (Kereme too öröönündö), 1987 (collection of stories) () Honour (Sıyımık), 1992 Before Dawn (Taŋ aldında), 1993 (novel) Red flower (Kızılgül), 2004 Joyful Road (Şaŋduu jol) (novel) (2004) ()
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