Sharоf Rashidov

The creative work of the famous writer and major statesman Sharof Rashidov began in the second half of the 30s. He also wrote as a literary scholar and critic. Journalism occupies an important place in Sharof Rashidov's creative work. This spirit even dominates his entire body of work.

Biography

The famous writer and major statesman Sharof Rashidov was born on November 6, 1917, in the city of Jizzakh, into a peasant family.

After receiving his initial education at the Narimonov secondary school, he studied at the pedagogical technical school in Jizzakh. In 1941, he graduated from Samarkand State University. After that, he began his career as a teacher and correspondent. He worked for newspapers in the Samarkand region from 1938 to 1941. In 1941-1942, he participated in the war. After returning from the front, he held leadership positions at the Samarkand regional level from 1944 to 1947.

From 1947 to 1949, he worked as an editor for the former «Qizil O‘zbekiston» (now «O‘zbekiston ovozi») newspaper. He served as the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan from 1949 to 1950, as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Uzbekistan from 1950 to 1959, and as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1959 to 1983.

Sharof Rashidov passed away in the autumn of 1983.

The writer's novella «G‘oliblar» (1953) was revised and published as a novel in 1972. Later, the novels «Bo‘rondan kuchli» (1958) and «Qudratli to‘lqin» (1964) were created. They artistically expressed the labor heroism of the Uzbek people during the post-war reconstruction years. The creator's lyrical novellas such as «Kashmir qo‘shig‘i» (1957) and «Komde va Mo‘dan» (1959), and his screen novella «Koinot» (1960), were written in the style of traditional Oriental epic storytelling and are dedicated to the praise of youth, spring, beauty, and the joy of life. The novella «Dil amri», written in the last years of the writer's life, is dedicated to the depiction of the lives of Uzbek soldiers who fought on Belarusian soil during the war years.