Samig Abdukakhkhar Explained

Samig Abdukakhkhar
Birth Name:Sami Abduganiyevich Abdukakharov
Birth Date:1922 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Tashkent, Soviet Union
Death Place:Tashkent, Soviet Union
Occupation:Author and screenwriter
Native Name Lang:uz
Language:Uzbek
Alma Mater:Samarkand State University
Years Active:1937–1990
Genre:Fable, Satire

Samig Abdukakhkhar (alternative spelling: Sami Abduqaḣḣor;[1] uz|Сами Абдуқаҳҳор; ru|Cамиг Абдукаххар; February 22, 1922 – February 9, 1990) was a Soviet and Uzbek author and screenwriter.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He is regarded as a central figure in the development of the modern fable genre in 20th-century Uzbek literature.[7] [8] He is known for his humorous short stories, satirical poems, fables, and feuilletons, and was the scriptwriter for several episodes of the television anthology series, Fitil[9] and the feature-length film The Age of Anxiety.[10] [11] From the 1960 to 1980, he was a regular contributor of Krokodil. Together with Anatoly Kabulov, he created the Uzbekistani satirical newsreel "Nashtar."

Biography

Abdukakhkhar was born in Tashkent in 1922. In 1936, he completed then-standard seven years of secondary education and entered the Party Newspaper School at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, graduating in 1938.

He began his creative activity in 1937, publishing several satirical stories and essays in republican newspapers and magazines.[12] In 1938, Samig Abdukakhkhar started working at the editorial office of the republican satirical magazine "Mushtum," first as a literary employee and later as the head of the department.

In 1939, he entered the Faculty of Philology at the Alisher Navoi Samarkand State University. He combined his studies with his work as the head of the literature department at the Samarkand regional newspaper "Lenin Yuli" ("Lenin's Path," now "Samarkand Bulletin").

On April 22, 1942, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and served in the border troops until May 1946. He was a participant in the Great Patriotic War.

In the post-war years, he worked as the head of the department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Lenin Uchquni" ("Lenin's Spark," Tashkent), as a correspondent for the Uzbek Telegraph Agency (UzTAG) for the Kashkadarya region, and as the head of the department at the editorial office of the regional newspaper "Kashkadarya Hakikati" ("Kashkadarya Truth," Qarshi).

Since 1948, he was the head of the department at the republican youth newspaper "Yosh Leninchi" ("Young Leninist," Tashkent). From 1951 to 1954, he was a senior editor and then the head of the department at the State Publishing House of the Uzbek SSR (Gosizdat UzSSR). In 1954, he was transferred back to the editorial office of the magazine "Mushtum," and in 1956, he was appointed the executive secretary of the Fergana regional branch of the Union of Writers of the Uzbek SSR (Fergana).

Returning to Tashkent in 1958, he worked as a senior editor at the "Uzbekfilm" studio. From 1960 to 1966, he was the head of the prose department at the magazine "Shark Yulduzi" ("Star of the East," Tashkent).

In 1966, on the initiative of Samig Abdukakhkhar and Anatoly Kabulov, the republican satirical newsreel "Nashtar" was created at the "Uzbekfilm" studio in Tashkent. From the moment of its creation, Samig Abdukakhkhar was the executive secretary of the editorial office—organizing and overseeing the preparation of film stories, as well as working as a screenwriter and director of individual episodes.[13]

Samig Abdukakhkhar was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR, and an Honored Cultural Worker of the Uzbek SSR.

He passed away on February 9, 1990, and was buried in Tashkent at the Chigatay Memorial Cemetery.

Career

Writer

During the lifetime of Samig Abdukakhkhar, a total of 38 books authored by him were published in Uzbek and Russian in Tashkent, Moscow, and Dushanbe, with a combined circulation exceeding 1.1 million copies.[14]

The first book by Samig Abdukakhkhar, a collection of stories titled "Frontline Stories," was published in 1945 in Stalinabad (now Dushanbe, Tajikistan).[15]

Three books by Samig Abdukakhkhar were published by Pravda Publishing House, the largest journal-newspaper publishing house in the USSR: "The Learned Goose and Many Others" (1964), "How I Defended Myself from Criticism..." (1972), "We've Met Somewhere: Feuilletons. Fables. Humoresques" (1984).

Twelve books were published in Russian, including collections of stories, poems, and fables: "Fables" (1958), "The Strong Hand" (1965), "Into the Light of Day" (1972), "Take Care of Men" (1983); the novella "The Path Leads to Happiness" (1963), and children's poems "Valijon the Joker" (1977).

Twenty-three books were published in Uzbek, including collections: "Neighbors" (Qo'shnilar, 1963), "Lighthouses" (Chiroqbonlar, 1964), "My Anger, My Pride" (Qahrim va faxrim, 1972), "Rocks and Shadows" (Qoyalar va soyalar, 1975), the novella "The Beginning of Life" (Hayotning boshlanishi, 1959), children's books "Valijon the Joker" (1968), and "Tashkenbay from Africa" (1989).

Samig Abdukakhkhar's poems, stories, and essays were published in antologies of Soviet writers ("Nestor from Krokodil," "Friendly Laughter," and others), in newspapers and magazines of the USSR (newspaper Pravda, Literaturnaya Gazeta, newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, newspaper Sovetskaya Kultura, magazine Druzhba Narodov, magazine Smena,[16] satirical magazine Krokodil, and others), and were broadcast on All-Union Radio.[17]

Samig Abdukakhkhar's works were translated and published in Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Turkmen, Hungarian, English, and other languages.

Screenwriter

Samig Abdukakhkhar was the scriptwriter for several episodes of the all-Union satirical newsreel "Fitil" (issues No. 13 (1963)[18] and No. 57 (1967)[19]). In 1966, Samig Abdukakhkhar and Anatoly Kabulov created the republican satirical newsreel "Nashtar" ("Scalpel") at the Uzbekfilm studio, modeled after "Fitil." Like "Fitil," each issue of "Nashtar" consisted of several fictional or documentary film novellas, and sometimes cartoons. The main goal of the creators of the "Nashtar" newsreel was to combat social vices encountered in everyday life through satire and humor. Samig Abdukakhkhar was the author of scripts for more than 50 fictional and documentary episodes of the "Nashtar" newsreel and was also the director of several episodes.

In 1973, the television feature film "The Age of Anxiety," co-written by Samig Abdukakhkhar and Dmitry Bulgakov, was released on the screens of the Soviet Union. The film was produced by the Uzbekfilm studio by order of Central Television of the USSR.

Playwright

Samig Abdukakhkhar was also the author of several plays for children's theaters ("The Adventures of Samad: A Play for the October Theatre," 1973). His plays "Incident in the Forest" and "Alijan and Valijon" were performed on the stage of the Republican Puppet Theater of Uzbekistan.

Translator

Samig Abdukakhkhar is also known as a master of literary translation – he was the first to translate into Uzbek a number of works by Russian and Western classics, as well as contemporary writers. Among his translations are the tragedy "The Spaniards" by Mikhail Lermontov (co-translated with Asqad Mukhtar), Herzen's "The Thieving Magpie," Solovyov's "The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin," Anton Chekhov's "Stories and Tales," Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales," Molière's comedy "Scapin the Schemer," the Finnish satirist Martti Larni's novel "The Fourth Vertebra", Semyon Babayevsky's novel "Cavalier of the Golden Star" (co-translated with A. Rahimi), works by Ivan Krylov, Maxim Gorky, Samuil Marshak, Demyan Bedny, Sergey Mikhalkov, Stepan Oleynik, Rabindranath Tagore, Sabir Tahirzade, novellas by I. Arefyev, Pavel Vezhinov, V. Milchakov, G. Komarovsky, Y. Yanovsky, and other writers and poets. According to journalist Boris Parmuzin, a book of Hans Christian Andersen's works translated into Uzbek by Samig Abdukakhkhar was presented in the permanent exhibition of the Hans Christian Andersen House-Museum in Odense, Denmark.

At the Uzbekfilm studio, Samig Abdukakhkhar participated in dubbing more than 45 feature films into Uzbek. Famous Soviet films "The Cranes Are Flying," "Beware of the Car," "Three Plus Two," "Kochubey," "Stepmother," "The Thorn," "The Clock Stopped at Midnight," "The Unamenables," and "The Little Fugitive" were released in Uzbekistan with Uzbek translations by Samig Abdukakhkhar.[20]

Scholarly and Literary Peers Recognition

Samig Abdukakhkhar is recognized as a key figure in the development of the modern fable genre in 20th-century Uzbek literature.[21] Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor S. Z. Mirzayev, in his monograph "Uzbek Literature of the 20th Century" (2010), gave the following assessment of his work: "It was precisely in these years [the 1950s] that the folk genres of parables and fables, which had been neglected since Hamza and Elbek, were revived. We should particularly note the successful experiments in this genre system by Samig Abdukakhkhar, Yamin Kurban, Olim Kuchkarbekov... The fables [of Samig Abdukakhkhar] are distinguished by the metaphorical poetic style, apt figurative language. The satirical and humorous poems [of Samig Abdukakhkhar] expanded the genre system of Uzbek poetry."

The famous Soviet writer and author of the anthems of the USSR and Russia, Sergey Mikhalkov, described Samig Abdukakhkhar as "a fighter of a difficult genre." "Samig Abdukakhkhar chose a challenging profession for himself. The writer is faithful to the difficult genre of satire. Why difficult? Because the satirist constantly has to 'spoil relations' with that part of the readership which recognizes itself in his works. An old Uzbek proverb says: 'Before choosing a place for a house, choose a neighbor.' I would choose Samig Abdukakhkhar as my neighbor because we both exhibit intolerance in our creativity... to all who hinder honest people from living and working," wrote Mikhalkov in the foreword to the book "Take Care of Men."[22]

Published by the USSR Academy of Sciences, History of Uzbek Soviet Literature (1967): 'During this period [post-Second-World-War], many fables appeared in republican newspapers and magazines. Among them, the fables of Samig Abdukakhkhar, published as a separate edition, draw attention. [...] Memorable aphorisms, original comparisons, and puns are often found in Samig Abdukakhkhar's fables.[23]

Honors and Awards

Legacy

Noteworthy Facts

The writer's last novel, "Turquoise Sky," was dedicated to Uzbek soldiers who participated in the Italian Resistance movement during World War II. The prototype for the novel's main character was Sharif Samatov, a native of Samarkand, a scout, and a participant in the partisan struggle in Yugoslavia and Italy. Samig Abdukakhkhar worked on this novel for several years, starting from the late 1970s, and made several trips to Italy to work in the archives, where he gathered material and documentary evidence. The novel was never published because the only copy of the manuscript was lost in the editorial office during the preparation of the novel for publication. An excerpt from the novel was printed in the newspaper "Pravda Vostoka" in 1992, after the writer's death, to commemorate his 70th birthday.[31]

Published Works

Books

In Russian

In Uzbek

In Anthologies

Newspapers and Magazines

Vinyl Records

Links

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: inauthor:"Sami Abduqaḣḣor" - Google Search . 2024-09-08 . www.google.com.
  2. Book: Насыров . Эркин . Фархади . Раим . Филиппов . Петр . Gafur Guliam Literature and Art Publishing House . 1977 . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 8–9 . ru . ru:"Писатели Советского Узбекистана: Библиографический справочник" . Writers of Soviet Uzbekistan:Bibliographic Directory . Самиг Абдукаххар . Chapter: Samig Abdukakhkhar . https://books.google.com/books?id=UVHhAAAAMAAJ&q=%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3+%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80.
  3. Book: Uzbekistan Publishing House . 1971 . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 24–25 . ru . ru:"Календарь знаменательных и памятных дат Узбекской ССР" . Calendar of Significant and Memorable Dates of the Uzbek SSR . Самиг Абдукаххар (К 50-летию со дня рождения) . Chapter: Samig Abdukakhkhar (On the 50th Anniversary of His Birth) . https://books.google.com/books?id=TosNAQAAIAAJ&q=%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3+%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80.
  4. Web site: Самиг Абдукаххар — Биография . Samig Abdukakhkhar — Biography . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129190822/http://www.uzbekkino-ussr.asia/samig-abdukahhar.html . 2022-01-29 . 2022-01-29 . Uzbek Cinematography of the USSR. ru.
  5. Book: Бондаренко . Н.А. . Новопрудский . В.Д. . Ходжаев . Я.Д. . Gafur Guliam Literature and Art Publishing House . 1984 . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 10–12 . ru . ru:"Писатели Советского Узбекистана: Библиографический справочник" . Writers of Soviet Uzbekistan: A Biographical Reference Book . Самиг Абдукаххар . Chapter: Samig Abdukakhkhar .
  6. Web site: Самиг Абдукаххар . Samig Abdukakhkhar - Biography . 2024-09-03 . Кино-Театр.Ру [(kino-teatr.ru) Online publication about cinema, theater, and TV series].
  7. Book: Ўзбекистон Миллий Энциклопедияси . 2000 . State Unitary Enterprise "Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi" . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 264 . uz . National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan . Масал . Article: Fable.
  8. Book: Мирзаев, Сайдулла . Узбекская литература ХХ века . 2010 . Vostochnaya Literatura Publishing House of the Russian Academy of Sciences . 978-5-02-036418-9 . Scientific . Moscow, Russian Federation . 44–45, 58 . ru . Uzbek Literature of the 20th Century .
  9. News: Пармузин . Борис . 1982-02-26 . Острое слово сатирика. К 60-летию Самига Абдукаххара . The Sharp Word of the Satirist. On the 60th Anniversary of Samig Abdukakhkhar . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205183834/http://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/45702 . 2022-02-05 . Pravda Vostoka . 4 . ru . Newspaper . 48 (19823).
  10. Web site: Возраст тревог . 'The Age of Anxiety' Feature Film . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220130001442/http://soviet-movies.ru/Reviews/Vozrast_trevog.html . 2022-01-30 . 2022-01-29 . soviet-movies.ru. ru.
  11. Book: Аннотированный каталог художественного кино Узбекистана (1925–2008) . Saníat Jurnali Publishing House . 2009 . 978-9943-322-85-1 . Хайтматова, С. . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 52 . ru . Annotated Catalog of Fiction Films of Uzbekistan (1925–2008) . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027141607/https://docplayer.com/61484940-Innovacionnyy-proekt-annotirovannyy-katalog.html . 2021-10-27.
  12. Book: Юдин, Борис . Ученый Гусь и многие другие . Pravda Publishing House . 1964 . Абдукаххар . Самиг . Moscow . 64 . Russian . The Learned Goose and Many Others . Предисловие [Foreword].
  13. Book: Ўзбекистон Миллий Энциклопедияси . State Unitary Enterprise "Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi" . 2000 . Tashkent, Uzbekistan . 119 . uz . National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan . Наштар . Article: Nashtar . 2022-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220101222451/https://n.ziyouz.com/books/uzbekiston_milliy_ensiklopediyasi/O%27zbekiston%20Milliy%20Ensiklopediyasi%20-%20N%20harfi.pdf.
  14. News: 1990-01-22 . Литературная полка . Literary Shelf . Vecherniy Tashkent (Publication of the Tashkent City Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent City Council) . Tashkent . 3 . 18.
  15. Book: Толипова . Ш. М. . Ибрагимова . Г. И. . State Book Chamber of the Uzbek SSR . 1984 . Tashkent . 110 . Works of Writers of Uzbekistan Published in the Fraternal Republics: A Book Index .
  16. Web site: Самиг Абдукаххар Смена . 2024-09-02 . smena-online.ru.
  17. News: 1963-09-04 . 11:15 - 12:40 Рассказ Зеленый остров С. Абдукаххара - в программе передач Всесоюзного радио на 5 сентября 1963 . 11:15 - 12:40: "The Green Island" by S. Abdukakhkhar - in the All-Union Radio Program Schedule for September 5, 1963 . Vechernyaya Moskva . 4 . ru.
  18. Web site: Fitil. Vypusk 13 Episode aired Jul 10, 1963 . 2024-08-29 . Internet Movie Database . IMDb.com.
  19. Web site: Фитиль №57 . Fitil No. 57 . Gosfilmofond (State Film Fund of the Russian Federation).
  20. Шермухамедов . Гияс . February 1982 . Дар меткого слова . The Gift of a Precise Word . Kino (Publication of the State Committee of the Uzbek SSR for Cinematography) . ru . 2 . 195.
  21. Book: X. Parpiyeva . Adabiyot 6-sinf Savol-javoblar to'plami . Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Department of Education of Namangan Region . Uzbek . Literature Grade 6. Questions and Answers . 2022-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205231804/http://pop16-dimi.zn.uz/files/2015/11/6-sinf-adabiyot-I-va-II-qismlar.pdf . 2022-02-05.
  22. Book: Михалков, Сергей . Берегите мужчин: Сатир. стихи, басни и рассказы. . Publishing House of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan . 1982 . Library of "Mushtum" No. 3 (67) . Tashkent . 55 . Take Care of Men: Satirical Poems, Fables, and Stories . Боец нелегкого жанра - Предисловие . A fighter of a difficult genre. Foreword.
  23. Book: История узбекской советской литературы . Main Editorial Office of Eastern Literature, Nauka Publishing House . Editors-in-chief: Z.S. Kedrina, S.S. Kasymov. . 1967 . Moscow . History of Uzbek Soviet Literature.
  24. March 26, 1959 . Указ Президиума Верховного совета СССР №82 - О награждении орденами и медалями СССР работников искусства и литературы Узбекской ССР . Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 82 - On the Awarding of Orders and Medals of the USSR to Workers of Art and Literature of the Uzbek SSR . Vedomosti of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR . ru . 12 . 225–248.
  25. Web site: Книги Самига Абдукаххара в каталоге Российской государственной библиотеки . Books by Samig Abdukakhkhar in the Russian State Library catalog . https://web.archive.org/web/20191126205256/https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%20%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80 . 2019-11-26 . 2022-02-05 . search.rsl.ru.
  26. Web site: Abduqaḣḣor, Sami - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies . The Library of Congress . id.loc.gov . 2022-02-05 . 2022-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205183830/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88677606.html.
  27. Web site: Sami Abdukakhkharov - Tropa vedet k schastia: povest i rasskazy . National Library of Australia . catalogue.nla.gov.au . 2022-02-05 . 2022-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205183830/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2525688.
  28. Web site: Integration search National Library of Uzbekistan . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205183834/https://www.natlib.uz/search/tot/result?pn=1&lmtsn=&q=%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3+%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80&lmtst=&lmt0=&st=KWRD&si=TOTAL . 2022-02-05 . 2022-02-05 . www.natlib.uz . uz.
  29. Book: Ahmedov . S. . Adabiyot Umumiy o'rta ta'lim maktablarining 5-sinfi uchun darslik . Qosimov . B. . Qo'chqorov . R. . Rizayev . Sh. . "Shark" Publishing House . 2011 . 978-9943-00-160-2 . 2nd . Tashkent . 45 . uz . Literature: Textbook for the 5th Grade of General Secondary Schools . book.
  30. Book: Kadyrow . Ene dili : 4-hjy synpy üçin derslik . O'zbekiston . 2011 . 978-9943-01-095-6 . Tashkent . 39, 63 . tk . Native Language: Textbook for 4th Grade . 2022-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220208213929/https://doczz.biz.tr/doc/171998/ene-dili---ziyonet.
  31. News: Абдукаххар . Самиг . 1992-02-22 . Бирюзовое небо. Отрывки из романа . Turquoise Sky. Excerpts from the Novel . https://web.archive.org/web/20210426213901/http://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/30501 . 2021-04-26 . Pravda Vostoka . 3.