Otunchu Sarbagyshev was born in 1909 in Chaek village, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Empire [now Republic of Kyrgyzstan]. Otunchu was a writer, known for Cholpon - utrennyaya zvezda (1959). Otunchu died on March 8, 1944 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union [now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan].