Komil Yashin (Nug'monov)

Komil Yashin is a writer who opened new pages in Uzbek dramaturgy, expanded its thematic scope, and created long-lasting works. His contribution to the development of Uzbek theater and dramaturgy is immense. For his services in the field of literature and art, Yashin was awarded the titles «Honored Artist of Uzbekistan», «People's Writer of Uzbekistan», and in 1974, the title of «Hero of Labor».

Biography
The renowned writer and public figure Komil Yashin (Komil Nugmonov) was born in 1909 in Andijan. After graduating from secondary school, he went to Leningrad in 1925 and enrolled in the Forestry Institute. Later, he worked as a school teacher. From 1930 to 1936, Yashin worked as a literary associate at the Uzbek State Musical Drama Theater, and from 1946 to 1949, he served as the head of the Department of Art Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars of Uzbekistan. For over twenty years (1958-1980), he also headed the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan and, after the death of Oybek (1968), served as the editor of the «O‘zbek tili va adabiyoti» (Uzbek Language and Literature) journal. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Yashin's creative career began in 1925. During these years, his poems and essays began to appear in the periodic press. In the works included in the poet's poetry collections «Quyosh» (Sun, 1930), «Kurash» (Struggle, 1931), and «Komsomol» (1933), thoughts on the innovations occurring in the life of the working people and the fate and future of the youth find their expression.

For his services in the field of literature and art, Yashin was awarded the titles «Honored Artist of Uzbekistan», «People's Writer of Uzbekistan», and in 1974, the title of «Hero of Labor».

Komil Yashin is a writer who opened new pages in Uzbek dramaturgy, expanded its thematic scope, and created long-lasting works. His contribution to the development of Uzbek theater and dramaturgy is immense.

Yashin passed away in 1997. He was the life partner of the great artist Halima Nosirova.

Activities
Yashin's first dramatic work, «Ikki kommunist» (Two Communists), was staged in 1929. During the period of collectivization, he wrote the plays «O‘rtoqlar» (Comrades, 1930) and «Yondiramiz» (We Burn, 1931). His stage works such as «Nomus va muhabbat» (Honor and Love, 1935) and «Hamza» (in collaboration with A. Umariy, 1940) are among the best examples of Uzbek dramaturgy before the Second World War.

Yashin's plays «Gulsara» (1934) and «Nurxon» (1940) were characteristic stage works for their time.

In the works created by Komil Yashin during the war, feelings of affection and love for friends, and anger and rage towards enemies shine through. This spirit is imbued in his dramas «O‘lim bosqinchilarga» (Death to the Invaders, 1942), «Oftobxon» (1944), and «Davron ota» (1942, written with Uyg‘un, Sobir Abdulla, and Chustiy). In the drama «General Rahimov» (1949), the heroism displayed by the first Uzbek general, Sobir Rahimov, during the Second World War is reflected.

In the drama «Inqilob tongi» (Dawn of the Revolution), written by the writer in 1974, the image of Fayzulla Xo‘jayev, a mature son of our people and a renowned statesman, was portrayed.
In the later years of his life, Yashin created the novel «Hamza». One of his last works is the book «Yodnoma» (Memoirs).