Halima Xudoyberdiyeva

{{Infobox writer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|5|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sirdaryo Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|17|1947|5|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Tashkent, Uzbekistan

| occupation = poet, editor

| language = Uzbek

| nationality = Uzbekistan

| alma_mater = Tashkent State University

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

| awards = Oʻzbekiston Xalq Shoiri (People's Poet of Uzbekistan)
Hurmat Belgisi medal
Order of El-Yurt Hurmati (Respect of the Homeland) medal

}}

Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (Cyrillic: Ҳалима Худойбердиева; {{IPA|uz|halima χudɒjberd̪iˈjeβa|pron}}; 17 May 1947 – 17 August 2018){{Cite news|url=https://korrespondent.uz/16853|title=O'zbekiston xalq shoirasi Halima Xudoyberdiyeva vafot etdi - Korrespondent|date=2018-08-18|work=Korrespondent|access-date=2018-08-20|language=uz-UZ|archive-date=2018-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821062619/https://korrespondent.uz/16853|url-status=dead}} was an Uzbek poet whose themes at different times of her career have dealt with Uzbek nationhood and history, liberation movements, and feminism. She was awarded the title People's Poet of Uzbekistan.

Life

Halima Xudoyberdiyeva was born on 17 May 1947 on Taraqqiyot Collective Farm in Boyovut, Sirdaryo, Uzbekistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/uzbek/news/story/2008/12/081201_talking_point_halima_khudoyberdieva.shtml |title=Таниқли шоира Ҳалима Худойбердиева-Би-би-си меҳмони |language=Uzbek |trans-title=Famous poetess Halima Khudoiberdieva-BBC guest |date=December 1, 2008 |website=BBC Uzbek}} In 1972 she graduated from Tashkent State University's Faculty of Journalism.{{cite web|url=http://www.ziyouz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=908&Itemid=210|title=Ziyo istagan qalblar uchun – Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1948)|author=AbdulAziz|work=ziyouz.com|accessdate=30 November 2015}} Her first employment was as an editor at Saodat magazine. In 1975–1977 she did advanced graduate study at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. She went on to become the head of the Yosh Gvardiya department of publications in 1978. From 1984-94 she was the editor-in-chief of Saodat. She served as the first president of the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan from 1991-94.

Critical reception

In 1992 Xudoyberdiyeva was honored with the title People's Poet of Uzbekistan and the Order of the Badge of Honor medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.literature.uz/uz/halima_hudoyberdieva/|title=Литература.уз . Halima Hudoyberdieva|work=literature.uz|accessdate=30 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120904035638/http://www.literature.uz/uz/halima_hudoyberdieva/|archivedate=4 September 2012}} In 2017, on her 70th birthday, she was awarded the Order of El-Yurt Hurmati (Respect of the Homeland) medal.{{cite news |title=Halima Xudoyberdiyeva nishon bilan taqdirlandi |url=https://www.bbc.com/uzbek/lotin-39954837 |accessdate=July 29, 2018 |publisher=BBC |date=May 17, 2017 |language=uz}} According to Razia Sultanova, Xudoyberdiyeva's poetry presents "perfect examples" of Central Asian female Sufi poetry.{{cite book |title=From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia |last=Sultanova |first=Razia |year=2011 |publisher=Tauris |location=London and New York |isbn=9781848853096 |pages=58–59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQTPUjE0RHMC&q=Halima+hudoyberdieva&pg=PA58 |accessdate=April 30, 2011}}

Works

  • Ilk Muhabbat (First Love), 1972
  • Oq Olmalar (White Apples), 1973
  • Chaman (Flower Garden), 1974
  • Suyanch Togʻlarim (My Supporting Mountains), 1976
  • Beliye Yabloki (Russian translation of Oq Olmalar), 1977
  • Bobo Quyosh (Grandfather Sun), 1977
  • Muqaddas Ayol (Sacred Woman), 1987
  • Bu Kunlarga Yetganlar Bor (Those Who Have Reached These Days), 1993
  • Toʻmarisning Aytgani (The Sayings of Tomyris), 1996

Xudoyberdiyeva's anthology Saylanma (Selection), with a foreword by poet Abdulla Oripov, was published in 2000.

Awards

  • Order of the Badge of Honour (16 November 1984){{cite news |date=20 November 1984 |title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении писателей орденами СССР |url=https://portal-kultura.ru/upload/iblock/bca/1984.11.20.pdf |work=Sovetskaya kultura |page=2 |language=ru |issue=139}}
  • State Hamza Prize (1990){{cite news |date=15 December 1990 |title=Ўзбекистон ССЖ Президенти ҳузуридаги Вазирлар маҳкамасида Адабиёт, санъат ва меъморчилик соҳасида Ҳамза номли Ўзбекистон ССЖ давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида |trans-title=On awarding the State Prizes of the Uzbekistan SSR named after Hamza in the field of literature, art and architecture at the Cabinet of Ministers under the President of the SSR of Uzbekistan |url=https://press.natlib.uz/ru/editions/49978 |work=Sovet Oʻzbekistoni |page=1 |language=uz |issue=287}}
  • People's Poet of Uzbekistan (24 May 1992);
  • Order "El-yurt hurmati"

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