Date of birth: May 10, 1905

Oybek

Date of birth: May 10, 1905 Date of death: July 1, 1968 Place of birth: Tashkent Career: Writer, Poet

Musa Tashmuhammad was a People's Writer of Uzbekistan (1965), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. (1943)

He was born on January 10, 1905 in Tashkent. He later wrote about his childhood in his book "Childhood" (1962), for which he was awarded the Hamza State Prize of the Uzbek SSR. The first collection of poems, "Emotions", was written in 1926.

Oybek called for a struggle against the old world: "Fire" (1932), the epic "Revenge" (1932), "Blacksmith Jora" (1933). His first major novel, "Blood of Greatness", was about the lives of the peoples of Central Asia who lived in Uzbekistan during World War II.

During the war he wrote "Jigitam", "Victory is on our side", "Death to the enemy", "About the homeland" and other patriotic poems. He was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1946 for his historical and biographical novel "Navoi".

The epic "Hamza" (1948) was dedicated to the life and work of Hamza Hakimzoda Niyazi, the founder of Uzbek Soviet literature. The novel "Winds from the Golden Valley" (1950) was dedicated to the life of a collective farmers. Servants in Pakistan, their fight for peace and democracy were dedicated to the poem "Impressions of Pakistan", the epic "Zafar and Zuhra" (1951), the story "The Truth" (1954), and the novel "In Search of Light" (1956). "The Sun Never Dies" (1958) tells the story of the heroism of Soviet soldiers during World War II; His autobiographical stories "Childhood" (State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after Hamza) and the novel "The Great Way" (1967) are dedicated to the social revolution.

His subsequent achievements were a testament to his active citizenship and brilliant work. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1948. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1943). Deputy of the 5th and 6th convocations of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. People's Writer of Uzbekistan (1965).

Oybek is also very well known as a translator. He translated from Russian into Uzbek the works of A.S.Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin", V. Goethe's "Faust", M. Lermontov's "Masquerade" and other writers and writers such as M. Gorky, V. G. Belinsky.

Oybek died in 1968 and was buried in Chigatay Cemetery.

The Tashkent metro station is named after Oybek. The author's house-museum is functioning.