 In 1928, he collaborated at the literary journal "Jana-Adabiet" ("Жана-Адабиет").Among his works stand out "Kyz-Zhibek" ("Қыз Жібек"), first libretto to a Kazakh opera, with music by Yevgeny Brusilovsky, and "The tragedy of the poet" ("Трагедия поэта"), written in 1958 (first version titled "Ақан сері Ақтоқты", 1942), that dealt with the tragedy of Ajani, a Kazakh singer and composer of the 19th century.He was President to the Union of Kazakh Writers between 1956–1962 and 1964–1966, Secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers (1959) and member of the 5th Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.