Sa’dulla Karomatov

A skilled journalist, writer, and translator, Sa'dulla Karomatov was also known to the public as a public figure. He was awarded the title of «Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan». After graduating from the Faculty of Philology of the Central Asian State University in 1949, he worked at the Uzbekistan Radio Committee.

Biography

Skilled journalist, writer, and translator Sa'dulla Karomatov was born in 1928 in Bukhara. He also received his secondary education there. After graduating from the Faculty of Philology of the Central Asian State University in 1949, he worked at the Uzbekistan Radio Committee.

He was also the editor of newspapers such as «O‘zbekiston Ovozi» (Voice of Uzbekistan) and «Toshkent Oqshomi» (Tashkent Evening), and secretary of the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan. Sa'dulla Karomatov was awarded the title of «Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan».

The author passed away in 1986.

Activity

Sa'dulla Karomatov's journalistic career began in 1954. In the 60s, he appeared on the pages of periodicals as an essayist. In 1963, his first major prose work, the documentary novella «Tog‘lar Tabassumi» (Smile of the Mountains), appeared. Then collections of essays such as «Amuning Zar Kokillari» (Golden Braids of the Amu), «Go‘zallik Ramzi» (Symbol of Beauty), and «Kumush Kamar» (Silver Belt) were published. After that, he wrote as a skilled storyteller and novelist, creating novellas such as «Bir Tomchi Qon» (A Drop of Blood) and «E’tiqod» (Faith) (1970). In his final years, he created the novels «Oltin Qum» (Golden Sand), based on the life of geologists, and «So‘nggi Barxan» (The Last Dune), dedicated to those reclaiming deserts.

Sa'dulla Karomatov also worked productively as a skilled translator. He translated Jules Verne's «8000 Leagues Under the Sea», the novel «Black Caravan» by Turkmen writer Qilich Quliyev, a collection of stories by Iranian writers, the novella «After the Mill Stopped» by Tajik writer Yusuf Akobirov, and Vadim Kozhevnikov's novel «Meet the Balzaminov» into Uzbek.