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Gʻafur Gʻulom

1903 - 1966

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Gʻafur Gʻulom (May 10, 1903 – July 10, 1966) was an Uzbek poet, writer, and literary translator. He is best remembered for his stories Shum Bola (The Mischievous Boy) (adapted for film in 1977) and Yodgor. Gʻafur Gʻulom is also known for translating the works of many influential foreign authors, such as Alexander Pushkin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and William Shakespeare. He translated Le Mariage de Figaro of Pierre Beaumarchais, Othello of William Shakespeare, and Gulistan of Saadi Shirazi into Uzbek. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gʻafur Gʻulom is the 3,951st most popular writer (down from 3,421st in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 44th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Uzbekistani Writer.

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Among writers, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 3,951 out of 7,302. Before him are Viktor Yerofeyev, Leonidas of Tarentum, Gabriel Chevallier, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Daniela Hodrová, and Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī. After him are Labīd, Molla Panah Vagif, Jorge Isaacs, Ivo Vojnović, Alejandro Casona, and Wilferd Madelung.

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Among people born in 1903, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 198. Before him are Ary Barroso, Gerhard Schrader, Anne Revere, Leo Huberman, Carlos Prío Socarrás, and Dean Jagger. After him are Alejandro Casona, Julio Antonio Mella, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Johann Horvath, Ona Munson, and Anders Rydberg. Among people deceased in 1966, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 138. Before him are Jan Kiepura, Hedda Hopper, Stylianos Gonatas, Alfred P. Sloan, Christian Herter, and Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov. After him are Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Eva Justin, Robert Charpentier, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Gustavo Marzi, and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 49 out of 190. Before him are Halyna Sevruk (1929), Nigmatilla Yuldashev (1962), Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1964), Genrich Altshuller (1926), and Akmal Ikramov (1898). After him are Gulnara Karimova (1972), Nasrullah Khan (1874), Rafiq Nishonov (1926), Oʻtkir Sultonov (1939), Tamara Khanum (1906), and Halima Nosirova (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Uzbekistan

Among writers born in Uzbekistan, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 6. Before him are Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Nodira (1792), Zulfiya (1915), and Abdurauf Fitrat (1885). After him are Choʻlpon (1897), Furqat (1858), El-Registan (1899), Dina Rubina (1953), and Khosiyat Rustam (1971).

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