WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gʻafur Gʻulom has received more than 88,936 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gʻafur Gʻulom is the 3,421st most popular writer (down from 3,334th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 39th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Uzbekistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 3,421 out of 7,302. Before him are Joyce Meyer, John Osborne, John Evelyn, Corrie ten Boom, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, and Giovanni della Casa. After him are Juana de Ibarbourou, Sophie von La Roche, Marcin Bielski, Gabrielle Roy, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, and Alexander Sumarokov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 170. Before him are John Williams, Uichiro Hatta, Ella Maillart, Felice Bonetto, Corrado Bafile, and Hans Hedtoft. After him are Kathleen Lonsdale, Fernando Paternoster, Natallia Arsiennieva, Joseph Cornell, Barbara Hepworth, and André Maschinot. Among people deceased in 1966, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 117. Before him are C. S. Forester, Hedda Hopper, Julie Manet, Joseph A. Walker, Albrecht Brandi, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. After him are Sylvère Maes, Ernest Burgess, Courtney Hodges, Jan Kiepura, Jan Brzechwa, and Elizabeth Christ Trump.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 44 out of 190. Before him are Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), Gennady Zhidko (1965), Nodira (1792), Boris Nadezhdin (1963), Muhammad Aufi (1171), and Sergey Lebedev (1948). After him are Zulfiya (1915), Gulnara Karimova (1972), Alina Kabaeva (1983), Nigmatilla Yuldashev (1962), Yuri Antonov (1945), and Nasrullah Khan (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Uzbekistan

Among writers born in Uzbekistan, Gʻafur Gʻulom ranks 5. Before him are Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), and Nodira (1792). After him are Zulfiya (1915), Choʻlpon (1897), El-Registan (1899), Furqat (1858), Dina Rubina (1953), and Khosiyat Rustam (1971).

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