Mashrab Boboyev

Mashrab Boboyev is a multifaceted creator. He is a poet, publicist, playwright, and prose writer. He began appearing in the press as a writer starting from the 60s. Mashrab Boboyev is also well known as the author of a number of wonderful video films.

Biography

"I," he says in his biography, "was born in 1941 in the territory of the current Chelak district of the Samarkand region. In 1956, I finished secondary school and worked as a tractor driver on a collective farm, then I worked in a library. In 1958, I came to Tashkent and entered the Technical College of Culture. In 1960, after finishing the technical college, I entered the acting faculty of the Institute of Arts.

During my studies, I worked in factories and at the Republic's House of Folk Art. In 1965, after graduating from the evening department of the institute, I returned to Samarkand and worked as a chief specialist, then as director at the regional House of Folk Art.

Working for regional newspapers, I came to Tashkent in 1967. I worked as an editor at the "Yosh Gvardiya" (currently "Yangi Asr Avlodi") publishing house.

I worked at the "Sharq Yulduzi" magazine, the Gafur Gulam Literature and Art Publishing House, the Writers' Union, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Hamza Theater, and the Youth Theaters."

Mashrab Boboyev worked at the Uzbekistan National News Agency in the last years of his life.

Mashrab Boboyev died in 2003.

Activity

Mashrab Boboyev began appearing in the press as a writer starting from the 60s. Dozens of his books have been published, such as "Letter to My Mother" (1971), "Spring Mood" (1974), "Evening Trolleybus" (1977), "Gurung" (1975), "Dedication" (1978), "The Light in the Distance" (1980), "My Cotton is My Luck" (1975), "Word" (1982), "The Secret I Know" (1990), "Where is My Star?" (1991), and "Nameless Stars" (1991). He also gained the attention of audiences by writing a number of stage works such as "The Thirty-Year-Olds," "Root of the Earth," "Guest from Tashkent," "Gurung," "President of Tunisia" ("Mushkul Savdo"), "Our Courtyard" ("Mother"), "You Are at Your Own Home," "Where is My Star?," and "Mountains of Support."

Mashrab Boboyev is also well known as the author of a number of wonderful video films. He is also a skilled translator.