The poet, novelist, and cultural commentator G.Mend-Ooyo was born in 1952 in the Sühbaatar region of southeastern Mongolia. He came to national prominence during the 1980s, and since Mongolia’s democratic revolution of 1990 has been a prominent voice for the preservation and promotion of nomadic cultural heritage. He lives in Ulaanbaatar.Simon Wickhamsmith is a translator and scholar of modern and contemporary Mongolian literature. He currently teaches at Rutgers University and lives in central New Jersey.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTIONA NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTBOOK ONE: TOOROIBANDIBOOK TWO: SHARMAANI

The poet, novelist, and cultural commentator G.Mend-Ooyo was born in 1952 in the Sühbaatar region of southeastern Mongolia. He came to national prominence during the 1980s, and since Mongolia’s democratic revolution of 1990 has been a prominent voice for the preservation and promotion of nomadic cultural heritage. He lives in Ulaanbaatar.Simon Wickhamsmith is a translator and scholar of modern and contemporary Mongolian literature. He currently teaches at Rutgers University and lives in central New Jersey.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTIONA NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTBOOK ONE: TOOROIBANDIBOOK TWO: SHARMAANI