Erkin Vohidov Эркин Воҳидов | |
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 Erkin Vohidov in 2006 | |
| Born | December 28, 1936 Oltiariq District, Fergana Region Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Died | May 30, 2016 (aged 79) Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, literary translator, statesman |
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Erkin Vohidov[a] (December 28, 1936 – May 30, 2016) was an Uzbek poet, playwright, literary translator, and statesman.[1] In addition to writing his own poetry, Vohidov translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Muhammad Iqbal, Rasul Gamzatov, and Sergey Yesenin into the Uzbek language. Particularly noteworthy are his translations of Yesenin's works and Goethe's Faust.
In 1983, Vahidov was awarded the State Hamza Prize for his poetry collection Sharqiy qirgʻoq.[2] He became a People's Poet of Uzbekistan in 1987. In 1999, he was awarded the title Hero of Uzbekistan, the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by Uzbekistan.[3]
Vohidov's poems remain popular and are frequently published in anthologies. Dozens of his poems have been set to music by various artists, mostly notably by Sherali Joʻrayev. On occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in October 2020, a song entitled "Human" and based on Vohidov's poem "Inson" ("Human") was released with lyrics in Arabic, English, Italian, Kazakh, Russian, Tajik, Turkish and Uzbek.[4]
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- ^ "Vohidov, Erkin". Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Uzbek). Vol. 1. Tashkent: Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia. 1988. p. 166. 5-89890-002-0.
- ^ "Адабиёт, санъат ва архитектура соҳасида Ҳамза номидаги Ўзбекистон ССР давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида" [On awarding the State Prizes of the Uzbekistan SSR named after Hamza in the field of literature, art and architecture]. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni (in Uzbek). No. 247. 28 October 1983. p. 2.
- ^ "Эркин Вахидов" [Erkin Vohidov]. Literature.uz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Moʻminova, Munojat (23 October 2020). ""Инсон" қасидасини 8 тилда қўшиқ қилиш ғояси қандай пайдо бўлди?" [How did the idea to turn the ode "Human" into a song in eight languages come about?]. Yuz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 24 October 2020.