Sobir Abdullayev, known by the name Sobir Abdulla, ( – 24 October 1972) was an Uzbek-Soviet writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator. Abdulla received many prestigious awards for his works, including the

State Hamza Prize The State Hamza Prize or simply the Hamza Prize, officially the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Hamza nomidagi Oʻzbekiston SSR Davlat mukofoti, Ҳамза номидаги Ўзбекистон ССР Давлат м ...

and the titles Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR and the People's Poet of the Uzbek SSR.

Life

Sobir Abdullayev was born on in

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to an Uzbek family. He received his primary education from an Islamic school and then attended a secular Soviet school. Abdulla became a member of the Communist Party in 1945. He died on 24 October 1972 in Tashkent.

Work

From 1925 to 1948, Abdulla worked at the editorial offices of various periodical publishers in the Uzbek SSR. His first poetry collections were published in the 1930s, starting with ''Erk ilhomlari'' (''Inspiration of Freedom'') in 1931 and followed by works such as ''Koʻklam naʼrasi'' (''The Cry of Spring'') published in 1932 and ''Gulshan'' (''Flower Garden'') published in 1939. He also wrote story collections, such as ''Ulfat'' (''Friendship''), which was published in 1937. Abdulla went on to experiment with other genres, writing the script for the drama ''Tohir and Zuhra'' and later a movie and an opera based on the same story. Over his career, he wrote numerous other prose works.

Awards and accolades

* Honored Worker of Art of the Uzbek SSR (1944) * People's Poet of the Uzbek SSR (6 September 1965) *

(November 1971) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(18 March 1959) * two Orders of the Badge of Honour (31 January 1939 and 16 January 1950)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulla, Sobir 1905 births 1972 deaths Soviet writers Soviet poets Uzbekistani writers Uzbekistani poets Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the State Hamza Prize