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Choʻlpon

1897 - 1938

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Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov (Uzbek: Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov, Абдулҳамид Сулаймон ўғли Юнусов, 1893 – 4 October 1938), most commonly known by his penname Choʻlpon (sometimes spelled Cholpán in English), was an Uzbek poet, playwright, novelist, and literary translator. Choʻlpon was one of Central Asia's most popular poets during the first half of the 20th century. He was also the first person to translate William Shakespeare's plays into the Uzbek language. Choʻlpon's works had a major impact on the works of other Uzbek writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Choʻlpon is the 4,957th most popular writer (down from 4,472nd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 58th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Uzbekistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Choʻlpon ranks 4,957 out of 7,302Before him are Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Eugippius, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Miles Franklin, and W. W. Jacobs. After him are Ajdar Ismailov, Alexander Vampilov, Justine Musk, Juan de Mena, Feodor Gladkov, and Boris Vasilyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Choʻlpon ranks 240Before him are Eduard Tisse, Henri Frankfort, Edgard Colle, Pixinguinha, Ossi Oswalda, and Sabino Bilbao. After him are Gregorio Fuentes, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Isabel Briggs Myers, Nils Asther, Dorothy Arzner, and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron. Among people deceased in 1938, Choʻlpon ranks 188Before him are Nikolai Gikalo, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Matvei Bronstein, John Kunkel Small, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and André Blondel. After him are Rosa Mayreder, Theodor Fischer, John Derbyshire, Georgy Langemak, Ricardo Samper, and Heinrich Held.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Choʻlpon ranks 62 out of 190Before him are Sergey Lebedev (1948), Shuhrat Abbosov (1931), Refat Chubarov (1957), Gennady Zhidko (1965), Oksana Chusovitina (1975), and Valery Khalilov (1952). After him are Abdulhashim Mutalov (1947), Ravshan Irmatov (1977), Lev Avnerovich Leviev (1956), Sabir Yunusov (1909), Maksim Shatskikh (1978), and Salizhan Sharipov (1964).

Among WRITERS In Uzbekistan

Among writers born in Uzbekistan, Choʻlpon ranks 7Before him are Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Nodira (1792), Zulfiya (1915), Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), and Gʻafur Gʻulom (1903). After him are Furqat (1858), El-Registan (1899), Dina Rubina (1953), and Khosiyat Rustam (1971).