Abdurehim Ötkür

Abdurehim Ötkür

Abdurehim Tileshüp Ötkür (1923-5 October 1995) (Uyghur:ئابدۇرېھىم تىلەشۈپ ئۆتكۈر) was a popular Uyghur author and poet.

Ötkür was born in Kumul, Eastern Turkistan. He graduated from Xinjiang University in 1942. He then worked as the editor of the newspaper Altay Geziti till 1949. From 1949 till 1980 he worked as an interpreter in various governmental offices--as he knew Uyghur, Chinese, Russian and English all well.

From 1980 to his death Ötkür worked as a scholar in the "Institute of Literature Studies of the Academy of Philosophy and Social Sciences", Xinjiang. In 1988 was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the "Society of Kutadgu Bilig Studies".

Works

Ötkür first published his poems in 1940. The poems "Tarim Boyliri" (Along Tarim river) and "Yurek Mungliri" (Melodies of the heart) were very popular. The last novels of the author "Iz" (The Track) and "Uyghanghan Zemin" (The Awakend Land) became some of the most popular novels among Uyghur people.

* Qäšqär Kečisi, Ürümchi: Xinjiang People's Press, 1980.
* Iz, Ürümchi: Xinjiang People's Press, 1985.
* Ömür Mănzilliri, Ürümchi: Xinjiang Youths Press, 1985.
* Uyghanghan Zemin (trilogy)

External links

* [http://www.meshrep.com/Poems/iz.htm Iz (Poem)] Uyghur & English Translation of Otkur Poem
* [http://www.uyghur1.com/uyghur/viewtopic.php?p=60&sid=7ad894916d5948c1cccace2dd587450b A Selection of Poems] (Uyghurs)


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