HAMID OLIMJAN (1909-1944)

      The talented poet, playwright, scientist and public figure Hamid Olimjon was born on December 12, 1909 in the city of Jizzakh. After graduating from the Narimonov primary school, he studied at the Samarkand pedagogical knowledge land (1923-1926), then at the Pedakademy (1926-1931). Known as a singer of joy and happiness in the 1930s, he worked as a responsible secretary in the newspaper “youth” (1931), in the magazines “construction” and “Soviet literature”, as a senior researcher at the Scientific Research Institute of cultural construction (1932-1934), as a department head at the Institute of language and literature (1934-1937) and at the publishing house of Okhuvpedagogika (1938-1939), as a responsible secretary at the Writers ‘ Union of Uzbekistan (1939-1944). Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (1943).
It can be understood that Hamid Olimjon was interested in poetry as early as his student years, since his works began to appear in the newspaper “Zarafshan” from 1926. In 1927, the poet went to work in the editorial office of this fast. Hamid Olimjan’s first poetry collection,” The Rainbow”, was printed in 1929. This was followed by the publication of one after another of his poetic collections,” hair of Fire “(1931),” death to The Beast “(1932),” race ” (1932). The poet, who threw odim along with the period, described the heroism of our people on the Labor front in his work, created the epic “Zainab and Omon” in the 30s, along with a number of wonderful lyric poems. The lyrical hero of the poetry of Hamid Olimjon is a man who is a time – honored shooter, a patriot, a singer of the tarons of joy and happiness. Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (1943) Hamid Olimjon created a number of scientific and critical works on topical issues of Uzbek literature. Hamid Olimjan A.S.Pushkin, L.N.Tolstoy, M.Gorky, V.Mayakovsky, A.Serafimovich, T.Shevchenko, M.Lermontov, N.Ostrovsky, A.Translated Korneychuk’s works. The epic “Alpomish”, an excellent masterpiece of Uzbek folk oral creativity, was first prepared for publication by Hamid Olimjon (1938) and published. As a member of the Jubilee Committee for the 500th anniversary of Alisher Navoi, he conducted research on the life and work of the great poet. Hamid Olimjon headed the Union of writers of Uzbekistan from 1939 until the end of his life.
Hamid Olimjon’s poem” The Mind of the singer ” describes the artistic world of the son of a Fozil comrade, the role of Bakhshi in society, in the spiritual life of the people, the epics of which Bakhshi says reflect the life, history, culture, works of the people. His collection of stories” Dawn breeze “(1931),” when the Oak blooms“,” Ghazal“,” Chimyon memorabilia“,” death of Ophelia“,” Kuygay“,” crime ” drama and other works are masterpieces of 20th-century literature. Hamid Olimjon made a significant contribution to the decision-making of romantic image principles in Uzbek poetry with the epics” River night “(1936),” the country “(1939),” happiness “(1940),” the story of two girls “(1935-1937),” Aigul and Bakhtiar “(1937),” Semurg‘ ” (1939). During the fiery years of World War II, his poetic drama” Muqanna ” was created, which is still one of the beautiful examples of our drama. This period also saw the creation of a series of ballads, including “Warrior Tursun”, “tears of Roxanne”, alongside several of his poetic collections.
An important part of Hamid Olimjon’s literary work was organized by artistic translation. He Compiled A.S.Pushkin’s epics” prisoner of the Caucasus “and” mermaid”, M.“Bela” and M. In The Story “hero of our time” by Lermontov.Gorky’s” Chelkash ” stories, N.Ostrovsky’s novel “How Steel was toned”, A.Korneychuk has translated works such as the play” Plato Krechet ” into Uzbek.
The talented poet was killed in a car accident on July 3, 1944. One of the Stations of the Tashkent Metro, the House of literati of the Writers ‘ Union, the regional theater in Samarkand is named after Hamid Olimjon. In Tashkent, a monument to him was erected on the square named after the poet (1990). A neighborhood near this area is also named after adib.