Maqsud Shayxzoda

Maqsud Shayxzoda
Born(1908-10-25)October 25, 1908
Oqtosh, Azerbaijan
DiedFebruary 19, 1967(1967-02-19) (aged 58)
NationalityAzerbaijani
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, playwright, literary and linguistic scholar, translator, educator
Years active1929–1967
AwardsOrder of Outstanding Merit (2001)[1]

Maqsud Shayxzoda (Azerbaijani: Maqsud Şeyxzadə, Uzbek: Maqsud Shayxzoda; born November 7, 1908; died February 19, 1967, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) was a Soviet-Uzbek writer, poet, playwright; literary and linguistic scholar, author of translations of classical works of world literature into Uzbek (Shakespeare, Pushkin, Lermontov, Akhundov, Rustaveli, Charents, Mayakovsky, Byron and others) and educator. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1964. By nationality, he was an Azerbaijani.[2]

  1. ^ "Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О награждении посмертно мастеров литературы и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие узбекской национальной культуры". Narodnoe slovo (in Russian). No. 165. 23 August 2001. p. 1.
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