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Asqad Muxtor
Textbook: pp. 46–47
GoalGet to know Asqad Muxtor’s life and work.
New words
prose writer · nosirplaywright · dramaturgtranslator · tarjimonPeople’s Writer · xalq yozuvchisi
Explanation
Asqad Muxtor was born in Farg‘ona on 23 December 1920. His family originally came from the Tatarstan side and he was the third of twelve children; after his father died in 1931 he was brought up in an orphanage. He later studied in Tashkent and Samarkand and graduated from the philology faculty. He was a poet, prose writer, playwright and translator, and rendered works of Sophocles, Shakespeare, Schiller and Pushkin into Uzbek. Honoured with the title “People’s Writer of Uzbekistan”, he died in Tashkent on 17 April 1997.
Worked examples
Example: a person who writes poems, novels and plays is a many-sided creator.
Example: to render Shakespeare into Uzbek one must know both languages thoroughly.
Class activity
List the three professions in which Asqad Muxtor worked and give one example for each.
Practice
1
When was Asqad Muxtor born?
On 23 December 1920.
2
Where was he born?
In the city of Farg‘ona.
3
What honorary title did he hold?
“People’s Writer of Uzbekistan”.
4
Why is he called a many-sided creator?
Because he was a poet, prose writer, playwright and translator.