 Kunyaev has written around 20 books including "Eternal Companion", "Scroll", "Manuscript", "Deep Day", and "Favorites", and has translated poetry from Ukrainian, Georgian, Abkhazian, Kirghiz, Buryat, and Lithuanian.Between 1992 and 1993, he was a member of the Political Council of the National Salvation Front.Kunyaev was awarded the Order of Friendship in 2014 for his services to the development of national culture and art.