BIOGRAPHY
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Author Sundui Oyunbadam
Oyunbadam Sundui was born in 1960 in small village of Mongolia, an author of children’s books. Sundui has been writing and publishing children’s literature since he was a secondary school teacher in his 20s in his hometown.
INTRODUCTION
He has been dedicated his whole life to promote reading and literature for children and published about 33 children’s books, 5 screen and theatrical plays, 3 movies and many song lyrics. Among his books for children, 6 books are enlisted in Required reading in Secondary school approved by Ministry of Education and 40 poet and short stories were selected to be in content of text books. He organizes storytelling activities for young readers and meets about 600 children annually. He has met more than 20000 kids around every corner of Mongolia and became the most renowned and beloved author among the children and young adults.
His books are not only published in Mongolia, some of his books and novels are published in China and the USA. His books are popular among the Inner Mongolian children as well.
Besides writing and publishing his books, O.Sundui also works as a lecturer at the Teacher’s School of the Mongolian National University of Education and teaches Mongolian and world literature courses.
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Writer’s viewpoints
Through his work, the author tries to send a message to society that children should live happily with their families and around their friends without any discrimination and harassment. Characters in most of his work are happy and cheerful but some of them illustrate dark side of children’s lives in difficult circumstances. Also, he has been writing about nomadic lifestyle of Mongolian countryside and adventures of children who live in rural area of Mongolia.
RESOUNDING PRAISE FOR HIS WORK:
Writier Dr D. Oyunbadrakh:
“Mongolian’s unique way of life is nomadic. O. Sundui in his movie “Tan foal” skillfully demonstrated that side of Mongolian culture through a character a boy named Galt and the tan foal”.
Literary researcher, doctor Ch. Adiyasuren:
“The distinguishing feature of O. Sundui’s work is creativity. His work such as “Scary big dog”, “Flying mouse Chinuukhei”, “Magic hat”, “Lazy girl turns into an elephant” are extroardinary creations that are loved by many of his fans”.
National award winning writer D. Garmaa:
“Through his stories, O. Sundui skilfully touches sensitive topics around ethics ...”.
Literary researcher, critic, and doctor D. Tseveendorj:
“O. Sundui’s work are often selected to be used as school textbooks compared to other authors”.
The writer of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China Khasbileg:
“Children in Inner Mongolia in China like reading O. Sundui’s literature. You are one of our favourite writers loved and admired by many children in Inner Mongolia who share similar culture to Mongolians”.
Producer Ch. Khoroldorj:
“In the movie industry, the most important things are script, script and script. “Tan foal” movie scrip is the prime example of this view”.
AWARDS
He has won “Golden feature” award for Best children’s book writer of Mongolia four times for following books:
- Summer sun loves ice cream 2001
- Temujin, son of Eternal Sky 2005
- Visitor 2007
- Tiny mother like a doll 2009
“Academy award of Mongolia” for Best movie script for his “Yellow colt” movie.