Galsan Tschinag

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Galsan. Chinaag is a patronymic, not a family name.
Galsan Tschinag
Чинаагийн Галсан
At a reading in Munich in 2006
Born
Irgit Shynykai oglu Churuk-Uvaa

(1944-12-26) 26 December 1944 (age 79)
Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolian People's Republic
Occupation
Poet

Galsan Tschinag (German pronunciation: [ˈɡalzan ˈtʃʰɪnak], Mongolian: Чинаагийн Галсан, romanized: Qinaagiin Galsan, ᠴᠢᠨᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ, [ˈtʃʰinɑːɡiːŋ ˈɢɑɮsəŋ], born Irgit Şınıkay oğlu Çuruk-Uvaa (Tuvan: Иргит Шыныкай оглу Чурук-Уваа, pronounced [iɾ.gitʰ ʃɯ̃.nɯ.ka̠j o̞ɣ.ɫu tʃu.ɾuk u.ʋa̠ː]), 26 December 1944 in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia), is a Mongolian writer of novels, poems, and essays in the German language, though he hails from a Tuvan background. He is also often described as a Shaman, and is also a teacher and an actor.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mongolei - Zwischen Jurte und Megacity - NDR - TV-Programm". Prisma (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-30.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Knittel, Von Anton Philipp. ""Auf den innersten Kern kommen" - Galsan Tschinag über Schamanismus, Heilkunde und Wissenschaft : literaturkritik.de". literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-30.