Rakhim Karimov (Kyrgyz: Рахим Каримов (born 1960, Osh, Kyrgyzstan) is an Uzbek-Russian-Kyrgyz-language Soviet poet, writer, publicist, translator, and film screenwriter.[1] The total circulation of his publications (including periodicals) is more than 6 million copies. Geography: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Russian Federation, Belarus, Great Britain, Ukraine, etc.[2]

Rakhim Karimov
Karimov in 2014
Karimov in 2014
Native name
Рахим Каримов
BornRakhimdzhan Zakirovich Karimov
(1960-07-06) July 6, 1960 (age 64)
Osh, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
Pen nameRakhim Karim
Occupationpoet, writer, translator, screenwriter
LanguageUzbek, Russian, Kyrgyz, English
NationalityUzbek
Alma materMaxim Gorky Literature Institute
Genrepoetry, prose, publicism

Biography

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Uzbek by origin. He is a graduate of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (1986).[2]

Worked for the newspapers “Voice of the Textile Worker”, “Akbuura”, “Evening Osh”, “Osh Almanac”, the regional department of culture, the information and analytical agency “AKIpress”, and the Central Asian news service CANews.

Official representative of the International Federation of Russian-Speaking Writers (IFRP) in Kyrgyzstan.

Several years ago he was publicly cursed in one of the mosques for an article about the unseemly acts of the organizers of pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina. At the beginning of 2005, he was fired from the regional department of culture. Subjected to beatings.[3]

In 2022, Karimov's poems translated into English were included in “World Poetry Tree”.[4]

Currently, he makes a living by collaborating with a popular online publications.

Awards and nominations

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Laureate of the Republican Moldo Niyaz Literary Prize,[2] Nominated for Toktogul State Award and Big Book Award.[2][5] Silver medal of the Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals “LiFFt” (2017).

References

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  1. ^ Rakhimdzhan Zakirovich Karimov. rulit.org
  2. ^ a b c d "Поэзия это глас души…". 2016-11-20.
  3. ^ "Молча, долго и с упоением… В Оше избит писатель-узбек Рахим Каримов". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  4. ^ "Стихи поэта из Кыргызстана вошли в международную антологию". 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  5. ^ Рустем Джангужин (2013-09-18). "Роман "Камила": Болливудские страсти в Ферганской долине. Ни грамма искренности, ни слова правды".
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