Mirtemir (1910-1978)

People's Poet of Uzbekistan Mirtemir was born on May 1910, 30 in the village of Iqon, Turkestan, Republic of Kazakhstan. After graduating from the old school, in 1921-1923 he was brought up in the children's model school "Almai" in Tashkent. Then in 1925 he entered the Uzbek Land School, which he graduated in 1929, and in the same year entered the Uzbek State Pedagogical Academy. At present, he is the personal secretary of the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Uzbekistan Yuldash Akhunboboev.

Mirtemir was repressed in the early 30s for unknown reasons and sent to build the Moscow-Volga canal. However, he was soon released and for a short time taught at various educational institutions, working as a literary worker in editorial offices, a literary fellow in theaters, a consultant in the Writers' Union, and an editor in publishing houses.

His first poem was published in 1926 in the newspaper "Young Leninist" under the title "Voice of Tanburim". The first book of the poet "In the arms of the rays" was published in 1928. It glorified the national anthem, labor movement and the spiritual world of young contemporaries.

Inspired by folk art, the poet created such epics as "Dragon", "Dilkusho", "Water Maiden", "At the wedding of Oysanam". These works made an important contribution to the development of Uzbek poetry in the second half of the 30s.

In his poems written during the war, such as "Plague", "Revenge", "This is my homeland", "Mother city", "By the sea", "Brave young man, let there be light", "Pilla", "My eyes are on the way", feelings of hatred for the enemy. expressed in a fighting spirit.

In the post-war years, Mirtemir's work is based on the principle of keeping pace with the times, the most important issues of the time, the creation of harmonious images of our contemporaries.

Mirtemir's art of translation is also commendable. U A. S. Pushkin's poems, N. A. Nekrasov's "Who lives well in Russia", Sh. He translated Rustaveli's "Hero in the Tiger's Skin", Abay, Makhtumkuli and Berdakh, as well as the Kyrgyz folk epic Manas.

Mirtemir's collection of poems "Karakalpak Notebook" is one of the achievements of Uzbek poetry in the 60s. The poet's epic "Surat" is one of the rarest examples of Uzbek epic poetry. Poems of the poet, such as "I am you", "Chagalay", "Kyrgyzstan", "At the wedding of Makhtumkuli", "My mother", "My Kazakh", "Where is the spring" are among the best works that sing the friendship of peoples.

In 1979, he was awarded the Hamza State Prize for his collection of poems "My Mountain Support". He is also a laureate of the Berdakh Karakalpak State Prize (1977) and the Order of Merit (2002).

Mirtemir died on January 1978, 25 in Tashkent.