Mirtemir

He received many other awards for his works, including the State Berdaq Prize (1977) and the State Hamza Prize (1979). In 2002, Mirtemir was posthumously awarded the National Order of Merit (Buyuk xizmatlari uchun), one of independent Uzbekistan's most prestigious awards.

• Name — Mirtemir • Birth Name — Mirtemir Umarbekovich Tursunov • Born — 30 May 1910 • Birthplace — Village Ikan, Turkistan, Russian Turkestan • Died — January 1978 (aged 67) • Place of death — Tashkent, Uzbek SSR • Occupation — Poet and literary translator • Awards — * People's Poet of the Uzbek SSR (1971) • State Berdaq Prize (1977) • State Hamza Prize (1979) • National Order of Merit (2001)

Mirtemir Umarbekovich Tursunov was born on May 30, 1910, in the village of Ikan, Turkistan. In 1932, Mirtemir graduated from the Pedagogical University of Samarkand with a degree in literature. Mirtemir's first collection of poems, Shuʼlalar qoʻynida (Under the Lights) was published in 1928. His other collections of poetry include Zafar (Victory) (1929), Qaynashlarim (My Rages), Bong (The Clamor) (1932), and Poytaxt (The Capital) (1936). Mirtemir translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Abai Qunanbaiuli, Aleksandr Pushkin, Berdaq, Heinrich Heine, Magtymguly Pyragy, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Lermontov, Nâzım Hikmet, Nikolay Nekrasov, Pablo Neruda, Samad Vurgun, and Shota Rustaveli into Uzbek. In particular, he translated Who is Happy in Russia? of Nikolay Nekrasov and The Man in the Panther's Skin of Shota Rustaveli into Uzbek. He also translated the Kyrgyz epic poem Manas. Mirtemir died in Tashkent in January 1978, at the age of 67.

Mirtemir is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as having received Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Outstanding Merit and People's Poet of the Uzbek SSR. The identifiers under which Mirtemir may be traced in institutional catalogues.