Mirtemir

Mirtemir is a People's Poet of Uzbekistan. He worked as the personal secretary of Yoldosh Oxunboboyev, the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Uzbekistan. In 1979, he was awarded the Hamza State Prize. Mirtemir's art of translation is also worthy of praise. In 2001, he was awarded the «For Great Services» order.

Biography

People's Poet of Uzbekistan Mirtemir was born in 1910 in the village of Iqon in the city of Turkistan, which is now part of the Republic of Kazakhstan. After finishing the old-style school, he was educated at the Almaiy Model School for Children in Tashkent from 1921 to 1923.

Later, in 1925, he entered the Uzbek Institute of Education and graduated in 1929, the same year he entered the Pedagogical Academy in Samarkand. At the same time, he worked as the personal secretary of Yoldosh Oxunboboyev, the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Uzbekistan.

In the early 30s, Mirtemir was repressed for unknown reasons and sent to work on the construction of the Moscow-Volga Canal.

However, he was soon released and taught in various educational institutions, worked as a literary staff member in editorial offices, a literary consultant in theaters, a consultant at the Writers' Union, and an editor in publishing houses. Mirtemir passed away on January 25, 1978. In 1979, he was awarded the Hamza State Prize for his poetry collection «Tog‘day tayanchim». In 2001, he was awarded the «For Great Services» order.

His first poem was published in the press in 1926 under the title «Tanburim ovozi». The poet's first book, titled «Shu’lalar qo‘ynida», was published in 1928. It celebrated the praise of the Motherland, the joy of labor, and the spiritual world of young contemporaries.

Activity

Inspired by folk art, the poet created epic poems such as «Ajdar», «Dilkusho», «Suv qizi», and «Oysanamning to‘yida». These works made a significant contribution to the development of 1930s Uzbek poetry.

In his poems created during the war years, such as «Vabo», «O‘ch», «Bu - mening Vatanim», «Ona shahar», «Dengiz bo‘yida», «Mard yigit, yoring bo‘lay», «Pilla», and «Ko‘zlarim yo‘lingda», feelings of hatred towards the enemy are expressed in a combative spirit.

Mirtemir's art of translation is also worthy of praise. He translated poems by A.S. Pushkin, N.A. Nekrasov's «Who Lives Well in Russia», Sh. Rustaveli's «The Knight in the Panther's Skin», works by Abay, Maxtumquli, and Berdaq, as well as the Kyrgyz folk epic «Manas».

Mirtemir's poetry cycle «Qoraqalpoq daftari» is one of the achievements of Uzbek poetry in the 60s. The poet's epic poem «Surat» is considered one of the most rare examples of Uzbek epic poetry. The poet's poems such as «Men seni...», «Chag‘alay», «Qirg‘iziston», «Maxtumquli to‘yida», «Onaginam», «Qozog‘im», and «Qaydadir buloq» are among the best works celebrating the friendship of peoples.