Ibrohim Gʻafurov
Ibrohim Gʻafurov | |
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 Gʻafurov in 2024 | |
| Member of the Oliy Majlis | |
| In office 27 December 1999 – 26 December 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1937 |
| Died | 6 June 2026 (aged 88) |
| Profession |
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Awards | Hero of Uzbekistan |
Ibrohim Usmonovich Gʻafurov (27 December 1937 – 6 June 2026) was an Uzbek writer, translator, literary critic, and politician who was a member of the Oliy Majlis from 1999 to 2004.[1]
Throughout his career, Gʻafurov translated the works of many different writers, including Chinghiz Aitmatov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ernest Hemingway, and Guy de Maupassant into the Uzbek language.[2][3] He also wrote many original works including Til erkinligi, Unitilmagan bog‘, and Yonar so‘z.[4]
For his accomplishments Gʻafurov received many awards including the title Hero of Uzbekistan on 24 August 2021,[5] the State Hamza Prize in 1989,[6] and the Order of Friendship in 1995.[3]
Life and work
Gʻafurov was born in Tashkent on 27 December 1937.[7]
His first article was published in O‘zbekistan Madaniyati in 1959.[8] Afterwards his works were regularly published in major magazines.[8] In 1961, he graduated from the philological faculty of Tashkent State University, after which he formally began his career.[9][7]
Gʻafurov worked at the Gʻafur Gʻulom Publishing House, and from 1970 to 1982 he was deputy editor-in-chief of it;[3] in 1971 he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[9] From 1982 to 1995, he was the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Oʻzbekiston adabiyoti va sanʼati.[3]
After Uzbekistan gained independence, he was a deputy in the Oliy Majlis,[2] and served as First Deputy Chairman of the Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party starting in 1995.[3]
His wife Oydin Hojiyeva was also a writer and specialized in poetry.[4] Gʻafurov died on 6 June 2026 aged 88.[2]
References
- ↑ "Герой Узбекистана Ибрагим Гафуров". president.uz. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Adabiyotshunos olim va mashhur tarjimon Ibrohim G'afurov 89 yoshida vafot etdi". BBC. 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ҒАФУРОВ Иброҳим" [Gʻafurov Ibrohim]. Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Vol. 11. Tashkent: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2005. p. 228.
- 1 2 "Скончался Ибрагим Гафуров, писатель и переводчик произведений Достоевского, Хемингуэя и Айтматова". Gazeta.uz. 6 June 2026.
- ↑ "Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О присвоении звания «Узбекистон Кахрамони»". Narodnoe slovo (in Russian). No. 177. 25 August 2021. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ўзбекистон Компартияси Марказий Комитети ва Ўзбекистон ССР Министрлар Советида" [In the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and the Council of Ministers of the Uzbek SSR]. O‘zbekiston adabiyoti va san’ati (in Uzbek). No. 46. 10 November 1989. p. 1.
- 1 2 "Герой Узбекистана Ибрагим Гафуров". Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). No. 115. 9 June 2026. p. 2.
- 1 2 Nasyrov, Erkin (1977). Писатели советского Узбекистана: библиографический справочник. Gʻafur Gʻulom Publishing House. p. 55.
- 1 2 "ҒАФУРОВ Иброҳим" [Gʻafurov Ibrohim]. Oʻzbekiston sovet ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Vol. 14. Tashkent: Oʻzbekiston sovet ensiklopediyasi. 1980. p. 319.