Galsan Tschinag
Galsan Tschinag | |
|---|---|
Чинаагийн Галсан | |
Galsan at a reading in Munich in 2006 | |
| Born | Irgit Shynykai oglu Churuk-Uvaa 26 December 1943 |
| Occupations | |
| Mongolian name | |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Батдоржын Баасанжав |
| Mongolian script | ᠴᠢᠨᠠᠭᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ |
Galsan Tschinag (born Irgit Şınıkay oğlu Çuruk-Uvaa, December 26, 1943), is a Mongolian writer of novels, poems, and essays in the German language, though he hails from a Tuvan background. He is also often described as a Shaman, and is also a teacher and an actor.