Shukrullo
Shukrullo Yusupov | |
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Born | Shukrullo Yusupov (1921-09-02)2 September 1921 Tashkent, Turkestan ASSR |
Died | 19 July 2020(2020-07-19) (aged 98)[1] Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Uzbek |
Shukrullo (pen name of Shukrullo Yusupov; 2 September 1921 – 19 July 2020[2][3]) was an Uzbek poet.
Shukrullo Yusupov was born on September 2, 1921, in Tashkent, in the mahallah (quarter) Olmazor. The writer's father, Yusufkhodzha(Yusufhoʻja), was a rather famous healer in Tashkent.
In 1938 he graduated from the Pedagogical College and began teaching in Karakalpakstan. In 1944, after graduating from the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute, he entered the postgraduate courses of Central Asian State University (SAGU), specializing in foreign literature. Since 1946, a member of the Union of Writers of the Uzbek SSR. The first collection of poems entitled "The Law of Happiness" was published in 1949.
In 1949 Shukrullo Yusupov was arrested along with a number of famous writers and poets of Uzbekistan Hamid Suleiman, Mirzakolon Ismaili, Shukhrat, brothers Alimukhamedov and Mahmud Muradov. The investigation lasted 15 months and in 1951 he was convicted on charges of nationalism and anti-Soviet activity, sentenced to 25 years in prison and 5 disqualifications. Staged at Gorlag, participated in the Norilsk uprising.[4] Shukhrat, Mirzakalon, Hamid Suleiman were convicted in the same case with him. In September 1954 he was sent to Tashkent to review the case, at the end of 1954 - beginning of 1955 he was released. The arrest, investigation and stay in the camp are described in the autobiographical story "Buried without a shroud." The publication of the story became possible only after the collapse of the USSR, in 1991.
His poetry has been translated into many languages, and has appeared in magazines[5] and anthologies.[6] He was honored with Uzbekistan's Hamza Award and the title of Uzbekistan People's Poet.[7]
See also
- Urinboy Rakhmonov
- Hamid Ismailov
- Evgeniy Abdullaev
References
- ^ "Шукрулло Юсупов оламдан ўтди". Kun.uz.
- ^ The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present: a Cultural History, Edward Allworth 1990; ISBN 0-8179-8732-0. p. 323
- ^ "Shukrullo (1921)". ziyouz.uz. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ Шукрулло. Погребенные без савана : Док. повесть / пер. с узб. Э. Умерова. - Ташкент : Ёзувчи, 1995. Глава Чудо
- ^ World Literature Today, v.70, 1996 [1]
- ^ Language for a New Century pg. 45
- ^ "Drunken Boat | 10 | Spring 2009". Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
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