Aigerim Tazhi

Aigerim Tazhi
BornNovember 15, 1981
Aktobe, Kazakhstan
OccupationPoet
EducationAktyubinsk (Zhubanov) State University
GenrePoetry
Notable worksBOG-O-SLOV
Paper-Thin Skin

Aigerim Tazhi (Айгерим Тажи, born November 15, 1981) is a Kazakhstani poet.[1] Tazhi's poetry has been published in world literary magazines and translated into many languages. Tazhi is the author of the poetry collection БОГ-О-СЛОВ (THEO-LOG-IAN) (Kazakhstan, Musagetes, 2004) and the bilingual poetry book Бумажная кожа/Paper-Thin Skin (USA, Zephyr Press, 2019, original and English transl.). According to reviews of her poetry, critics noted "Tazhi’s poems have been widely praised as a fresh new voice and for blazing a new direction among the youngest generation of Kazakh poets"[2] and "In Aigerim Tazhi’s poetry, we may find the marvelous that drew us to poetry to begin with".[3]

  1. ^ "Paper-thin Skin, by Aigerim Tazhi". ZephyrPress.
  2. ^ "The Riches of Kazakh Literature Part Two: Poetry". Rain Taxi.
  3. ^ "Notes on Aigerim Tazhi's "Paper-Thin Skin"". Queen Mob's Tea House.