Berik Magisovich Zhylkibaev was born in 1934 in Alma-Ata city. Doctor of philology science, professor. The author of books: “Kazakh erotic novel”, “Master As-Shi-Yan”, “Полынная речь ногайлинца Бродника” (“Wormwood speech of nogaylinets Brodnik”) and others. His works were published in magazines “Prostor”, “Tamyr”, “Knigolyub”. Lives in Almaty.
