Komil Yashin

Komil Yashin (Uzbek: Komil Yashin, Комил Яшин; Russian: Камиль Яшен, romanized Kamil Yashen; 25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1909 — 25 September 1997) was a Soviet-Uzbek author, poet, dramatist, screenwriter, and celebrity. Ogonyok magazine described him as "the greatest modern Uzbek playwright".

Komil Yashin
Native name
Комил Яшин
Komil Yashin
BornKomil Noʻmonov
25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1909
Andijan, Russian Turkestan
Died25 September 1997(1997-09-25) (aged 87)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Citizenship
  • Russian Empire
  • Soviet Union
  • Uzbekistan
Notable awards
  • State Hamza Prize (1958)
  • People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR (1969)
  • Hero of Socialist Labor (1974)
  • Order of the October Revolution (1979)
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984)
SpouseHalima Nosirova

Yashin held many high-level political offices in the Soviet Union and served as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He received numerous awards and titles, including the title People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR in 1959, the Stalin Prize in 1951, and the title Hero of Socialist Labor in 1974.

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