Nosir Fozilov

Writer Nosir Fozilov entered the sacred threshold of our literature in the second half of the 50s and has published a total of over seventy books to date. In 1994, he was awarded the international "For Peace and Spiritual Harmony" prize established by the President of Kazakhstan for his great services in Uzbek-Kazakh literary relations.

Biography

Writer Nosir Fozilov was born in 1929 in a peasant family in the village of Qorachiq, Turkistan District, Shymkent Region, Kazakhstan. His grandfather, Tursunmuhammad A'lam, wrote poems under the pseudonym Gurbatiy. Being a contemporary and like-minded person with Kamiy, Khislat, and Sidqiy Xondayliqiy, his three poetry books were published in Tashkent.

Because Nosir Fozilov's childhood coincided with the war years, he both studied and worked. For this reason, he finished secondary school much later than his peers, in 1949. Then he came to Tashkent, entered the Central Asian State University (now the National University), and graduated in 1954. After that, he worked in various positions in magazines such as "Gulxan" and "Sharq yulduzi", as well as in publishing houses.

Many of Nosir Fozilov's works have been translated and published in other languages. In 1994, he was awarded the international "For Peace and Spiritual Harmony" prize established by the President of Kazakhstan for his great services in Uzbek-Kazakh literary relations.

While the author's first story was published in 1953, his first book was released in 1959 under the title "Irmoq". Later, dozens of his books were published, such as "Oqim" (1962), "Robinzonlar" (1964), "Qush qanoti bilan" (1965), "Qorxat" (1968), "Ko'klam qiyoslari" (1970), "Diydor" (1979), the 2-volume "Tanlangan asarlar" (1983-1986), and "Bir otar to'pponcha" (1995).

Nosir Fozilov worked particularly productively as a translator. He translated and published into Uzbek the works of many Kazakh writers such as Abai, Mukhtar Auezov, Sabit Mukanov, Gabit Musrepov, Gabiden Mustafin, Abdulla Tojiboyev, and Abdijalil Nurpeisov. He also translated many selected works from Kyrgyz, Karakalpak, and other languages into Uzbek.

His productive work in this field of creativity did not go in vain. In 1985, he was awarded the G. Gulam prize of the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan for his book "Shum bolaning nabiralari", and in 1986, he received the Bayimbet Maylin prize of the Kazakh Writers' Union for his translations from Kazakh literature, and the Hamza State Prize for his work "Ustozlar davrasida". In 1990, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Uzbekistan.

Writer Nosir Fozilov entered the sacred threshold of our literature in the second half of the 50s and has published a total of over seventy books to date. Among these, about thirty are original works, and the rest are translations.