Nimaodzer was born in
1933 in Dalantai
village, the present-day Yeke Naγur
Sumu in
Baγarin West Banner. Nimaodzer’s mother was a famous singer, and she
also performed tales accompanied by the fiddle. During his childhood, Nimaodzer lived in the home of the famous bard
Öskübuyan
(1914-1979). Nimaodzer preserves many books of tales, of which he cites the titles. He
performed, among many others,
U Siyang Boo ečige-ben
erigsen
“How Wu Xiangbao Searched for His Father”
, Ši
noyan-u kereg sigügsen
“Court Cases of Lord Shi”,
Fen
ǰuwang leü / Fenzhuang lou
“Tale of a Boudoir”, and the cycle stories
centred on the heroes of the Chinese novel
Xi youji
“Journey to the West”.
Further Information
For a full English translation of the biography, see
Elisabetta Chiodo, “Life Stories and Achievements of
Eastern Mongol Bards”,
Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher NF 22,
2008, pp. 194-199
. The Mongolian texts of the biographies of the bards,
on which the English translation is based, are published in
Rinčindorǰi,
Tuuličid quγurčid-un
namtar böge mörgöl-ün iraγu nayiraγ
, Beijing 2010, pp. 157-177,
195-214
.