Book of Professor-Turkologist, laureate of the UNESCO International Prize named after F. Kafka Nemat Kelimbetov acquaints the reader with the centuries-old origins of the history of Kazakh literature. The author from the position of continuity of artistic traditions deeply analyzes the ancient Turkic literary monuments, from the heroic epics born in the era of the Saks and Huns to the period of the formation of the Kazakh Khanate.