Gʻafur Gʻulom [SEP] place of death
, 1903, in Tashkent. His father, Gʻulom Mirza Orif, knew Russian and was fond of reading poems and could himself write poetry. He died when Gʻafur Gʻulom was only nine years old.
Gʻafur Gʻulom first went to a so-called "old school", a quasi-Muslim school, and later enrolled in a Russian "tuzem" school (), an elementary school for non-Russians in Turkestan. After completing a teacher preparation program, he started to teach at a contemporary school. In 1923
Gʻafur Gʻulom
Gʻafur Gʻulom or Gafur Gulom (Russified form Gafur Gulyam) () (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. He translated "Le Mariage