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His real name is Abdulhamid Sulaimon ogli Yunusov, and Chulpon is his pen-name. He was born in Andijan. In different sources the year of his birth may be written in the following way: 1883, 1893, 1896, 1898. Chulpon's sister - Foyiqa Sulaimon qizi, living in Andijan, told that her brother, i.e. Chulpon, was born in 1898. Her son U. Mirzahujaev wrote about it in 1988. Professor Ozod Sharafiddinov, a well-known Uzbek literary critic, proved scientifically that Chulpon was born in 1897. The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan adopted a resolution to celebrate the 100th of anniversary of Chulpon in 1997. Chulpon worked at the theatres, contributed to the newspapers, wrote many poems, plays, novels, and so on. So, he was a poet, art critic, writer, and a translator as well. He translated several works of Pushkin, Chekhov, Tagor, Shakespeare and others. Chulpon (1897-1937) is one of the most favourite writers of our people because of his literary and social activity, of his great contributions to the Uzbek national culture of the 20th century.
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