"Book by book, Tschinag is championing his people and preserving their traditions. He gives a whole new meaning to the power contained in the written word." -San Francisco Chronicle
"Book by book, Tschinag is championing his people and preserving their traditions. He gives a whole new meaning to the power contained in the written word." -San Francisco Chronicle
Galsan Tschinag is the author of a trilogy of autobiographical novels about the Tuvinian community of nomadic herders in the High Altai Mountains of western Mongolia. Tschinag was trained as a shaman as a boy, and has worked as a journalist. He has published more than thirty books, mostly short fiction, novels, and poetry. In 1995, Tschinag, as chieftain of his people, negotiated a land claim treaty with the Mongolian government. He then led the Tuvinians, who, a generation before had been dispersed all over Mongolia, back to their traditional lands in the High Altai mountains. Today, Tschinag divides his time between Ulaan-Bataar where he writes, the High Altai where he lives, and Germany where he works.
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