Zulfiya (poet)

Zulfiya ( Cyrillic Зульфия, with full name Zulfiya Isroilova, Russian Зульфия Исраилова Sulfija Israilowa; * 1.jul / January 14 1915greg in Tashkent, .. † 1996 ibid ) was an Uzbek writer.

Zulfiya came from a Tashkent foundry and artisan family. Your first poem in an Uzbek newspaper was published in Ishchi ( "workers" ) on July 17, 1931 her first collection of poetry ( Hayot varaqlari, "Pages of Life" ) was published in 1932. During the following decades, she wrote patriotic works as well as propaganda, pacifist and those with nature and respect woman.

From 1938 worked Zulfiya for several publishers and was a member of several national and inter- republican organizations, several times she stood as head or chief editor from various media. After the accidental death of her husband Hamid Olimjon 1944 she dedicated to him several works. 1953 she joined the CPSU. She was part of a delegation of Soviet writers in 1956 under Konstantin Simonov, which took place at the Asian writers' conference in Delhi. In 1957 she participated in the Asian-African Solidarity Conference in Cairo.

Zulfiya became the " National Poet " (1965) and " Hero of Socialist Labor " (1984) appointed; In 1976 she was the winner of the State Prize of the USSR for literature and art. After her death in 1996, an Uzbek State Prize for Women was created in 1999, which was named after her.