Mirtemir, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Mirtemir

Uzbek poet and literary translator

Date of Birth: 30-May-1910

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1978

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mirtemir Tursunov (Uzbek: Mirtemir Tursunov, ???????? ????????; Russian: ???????? ????????) (May 30, 1910 - January 25, 1978) most commonly known simply as Mirtemir, was an Uzbek poet and literary translator.
In addition to writing his own poetry, Mirtemir translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Abai Qunanbaiuli, Aleksandr Pushkin, Heinrich Heine, Magtymguly Pyragy, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Lermontov, Nâzim Hikmet, Nikolay Nekrasov, Pablo Neruda, Samad Vurgun, and Shota Rustaveli into the Uzbek language.Mirtemir became a National Poet of the Uzbek SSR in 1971.
He received many other awards for his works, including the State Berdaq Prize (1977) and the State Hamza Prize (1979).
In 2002, Mirtemir was posthumously awarded the National Order of Merit (Uzbek: Buyuk xizmatlari uchun), one of independent Uzbekistan's most prestigious awards.