SAID AHMAD (pseudonym; real name Husankhodjayev Saidahmad) (1920.10.6–2007.5.12) - People's Writer of Uzbekistan (1980). Hero of Uzbekistan (1999). Honored Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan (1968). Born in Tashkent. He studied at the School of Fine Arts, Tashkent Pedagogical Institute (1940-43). Mushtum magazine (1938-38; 1955-57), Radio Committee of Uzbekistan (1941-43), Kyzyl Uzbekistan newspaper (1943-47) and Sharq Yulduz (1948-50; 1957) –59) literary worker in the magazine.
The complex fate of his contemporaries in the stories included in the collections "Earth Heart" (1942), "Stories of Fergana" (1948), "Desert Eagle" (1960), "Desert Evenings", "Man and Storm" , mental experiences are reflected with passion. A large part of Said Ahmad's work consists of humorous stories, short stories, comedies. Humor also plays an important role in his novels.
The novel Horizon (1967–74) covers the events of the twentieth century, the Second World War, World War II, and the post-war years. The trilogy reflects the tragedies that befell the people in those years, the aspirations of the people, the unparalleled tenacity and courage to overcome these tragedies with a bright passion inherent in the talent of the writer. The novel "Silence" (20) depicts the internal dramas of the Soviet era, which seemed calm and quiet on the surface, with all the intensity of the crisis of the regime.
During the years of independence, Said Ahmad also wrote many articles and poems about the changes in life, created cheerful humorous, lively lyrical stories. “Handon Pistachio” (1994), “The Price of a Kiss” (1995), “What I Lost and Found” (1998), “Black Eyed Peas” (2001), “Morning on the Eyelashes” ( 2003), a 3-volume Selected Works (2000). The stories "Karakoz Majnun", "Az Talks with a Horse", "Azroil on the Roads", which discuss the fate of people and the changes in their psyche due to independence, are associated with memories of the period of repression. The stories “Borsa kelmas gate”, “Taqdir, tagdir…”, “Oftob oyim”, the writer's memories of his close teachers, peers, students and, finally, his life and career essays. He was also effective in the feuilleton genre. Arrested in 1947 as an "enemy of the people," acquitted after Stalin's death. The comedies "Bride's Revolt" and "Groom" have been staged at the present-day Uzbek National Academic Theater, and "Brides' Revolt" has been staged in many countries around the world. He was buried in Chigatay Cemetery. Laureate of the State Prize of Uzbekistan named after Hamza (1978). He was awarded the Order of Friendship (1996) and the Order of Merit (1997).
