Azam Abidov  (Аъзам Обид)
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ФИДОЙИ ЭЛ uzbeščina

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ДУНЁҚАРАШ uzbeščina

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*** [Ҳар кун] uzbeščina

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[Озор надир, бўлурмиз зор–зор] uzbeščina

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ҚАНДОҚ АЗОБ uzbeščina

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Azam Abidov  Аъзам Обид
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Foto © Azam Abidov
* 08.11.1974, Namangan, Uzbekistan
živi v: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

AZAM ABIDOV is a poet, translator, short short story writer, and cultural adviser from Uzbekistan. He was born on November 8, 1974 in Namangan, city of flowers, Uzbekistan. He trained in philology and has published several books of poetry and translation. He has translated works from eminent voices of Uzbek poetry, Usmon Nosir and Chulpon, and contemporary Uzbek poetry into English. His Uzbek translations from English, American, Indian, French and other world classical and contemporary poetry have also been appreciated in Uzbekistan.

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One of the founders of the Creative Writing and Translation Club, Azam tries to build a bridge between world and Uzbek literature, widen the circle of young literary translators and encourage them to translate world literature into the Uzbek language and Uzbek literature into world languages. The most successful works by Azam Abidov are Tunes of Asia (English translation of contemporary Uzbek poetry), The Island of Anxiety (poems in Uzbek, English and Spanish), Dream of Lightsome DawnsA Miracle Is On the Way and I Leave You in Complete Boredom (Uzbek translation of world poetry and fiction). He writes in both Uzbek and English. His poems and translations have appeared in numerous anthologies in Uzbekistan, India, France, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Colombia and in many web magazines.

Azam’s awards include BBC World Uzbek Service’s award for free speech in Uzbekistan (2005), literary prizes of “Ulughbek” Foundation (1996, 2000); he was a winner of republican contest on Uzbek and Uzbek Literature (1995), winner of poetry contest “My first booklet” among young poets and writers (1990) and winner of the competition “Art Holiday” (1987-1988). Azam’s poems have been translated into Russian, Spanish, Assamese, Persian, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bulgarian, Turkish, Vietnamese, French, Japanese, Hindi and many other languages. He was a Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa in the U.S. (2004) and attended poetry festivals, creative writing workshops and cultural events in India, U.S.A., Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands, France, Vietnam, Turkey, Armenia and Colombia.

In collaboration with Uzbek poet Bahrom Ruzimuhammad, Azam compiled two international poetry anthologies, Fish and Snake and The Language of the Birds, involving hundreds of contemporary poets from around the world. He is also a World Poetry Movement’s coordinator of poetry events in Uzbekistan, and one of the founders of Maysara literary and cultural club at the Yudakov Museum in Tashkent.  In 2017, he was a holder of fellowship at LCB at Wannsee, Berlin.  Azam lives with his wife, journalist and poetess Nodira Abdullaeva and with his three sons in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 

 

Objave
  • Yo’limni Poylaydi Mo’jiza

    A Miracle Is On the Way

    Tashkent: Yangi Asr Avlodi Publishing House, 2000

  • Dream of Lightsome Dawns

    translation of poems by Uzbek poets Usmon Nosir and Chulpon

    Tashkent: Yangi Asr Avlodi Publishing House, 2002

  • The Island of Anxiety

    chapbook with poems in Uzbek, English and Spanish, English editor: James Day; Spanish translations: Andrea Cote

    Tashkent: self-publishing, 2009

  • Ilonbaliq

    Fish and Snake

    International poetry anthology - in collaboration with Uzbek poet Bahrom Ruzimuhammad

    Tashkent: Muharrir Publishing House, 2009

  • Tunes of Asia (anthology)

    English translation of contemporary Uzbek poetry

    Tashkent: Yangi Asr Avlodi Publishing House, 2004

  • Sog’intirib Ketgum Qadamlarimni

    I Leave You in Complete Boredom (anthology)

    Poems by Azam Abdov in Uzbek; Uzbek translation of world poetry and fiction

    Tashkent: Yangi Asr Avlodi Publishing House, 2006

  • The Language of the Birds (anthology)

    International poetry anthology - in collaboration with Uzbek poet Bahrom Ruzimuhammad

    Tashkent: Tafakkur Publishing House, 2011

Nagrade
  • 1987-1988 Winner of the competition “Art Holiday”

  • 1990 Winner of the poetry contest “My first booklet” for young poets and writers

  • 1995 Winner of the Republican contest on Uzbek Literature

  • 1996 Literary prize of “Ulughbek” Foundation

  • 2000 Literary prize of “Ulughbek” Foundation

  • 2005 BBC World Uzbek Service’s award for free speech in Uzbekistan

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