Sharifa Salimova

The first poems of the poet, writer, and publicist Sharifa Salimova appeared in the 60s. In 1994, Sharifa Salimova was awarded the title of «Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan». Poet Sharifa Salimova was born on December 30, 1951, in the Parkent district of Tashkent region.

Biography

Sharifa Salimova's father was an educated man with a deep sense of literature, and her mother was a hardworking woman, the mother of six children.

Sharifa Salimova attended school from 1958 to 1968 and participated in the district newspaper «Sur’at» with her first poems.

After graduating from the Faculty of Journalism at Tashkent State University in 1969-1974, she began her career at the «Vatandosh» radio station of the Uzbekistan Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee.

Sharifa Salimova traversed the path from a junior editor to a department head at the radio until 1987. From 1989 to 1994, she worked as a department head at «Saodat» magazine and the weekly «Literature and Art of Uzbekistan». During these years, the writer's publicist articles dedicated to the painful problems of society were published.

Career

Sharifa Salimova's first poems appeared in the 60s, and her early poetry collections were published in the late 70s and 80s under the titles «Joy of Life» and «My Spring». In the poet's work, «Spring of Khizr» (1996) holds special significance, dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoiy. It recounts the tragic fate of women during the feudal system era. In her collection of publicist articles «Oath to the Dawn» (2002), the most pressing issues of our time are written about with beautiful poetic language.

Sharifa Salimova was awarded the title of «Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan» (1994). Currently, she holds a responsible position in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic. In addition to translating from Russian, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz poets, she has also translated poems by the German Islamic scholar and poet Hadayatulloh Hyubsh, which she prepared for publication under the title «Oh, Rose».