Abstract
This article reveals the creative work and mastery of the national writer of Kazakhstan, Azilkhan Nurshaikov, to create the image of creative individuals and literary figures. In article it also considers reminiscences, essays, short stories, novels and romances, the heroes of which are representatives of the older generation and contemporaries who have made a significant contribution to the Kazakh literature. As a key to revelation the inner world of a creative person, both documentary and artistic tricks and the individual style of the writer, who is using all the existing possibilities of literary techniques are considered. In article the novel interviews «Truth and legend», a monologue «nine essays», are widely considered, the writer’s skill in creating the artistic image of such famous persons as Ауезов, Момышулы and others is deeply analyzed. In article proved that the artistic presentation of vital material based on specific documentary facts is the main feature of the work of Nurshaikov. Since the characters in the works are purely historical personalities, the writer’s desire to depict their character in accordance with the documentary material gives the works even more historical significance.