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Abdulhamid Cholpon
Poet, novelist and translator (1897–1938), a founder of modern Uzbek poetry and a victim of repression.
Abdulhamid Sulayman o'g'li Cholpon was born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley; his pen name Cholpon means "Venus, the morning star".
He brought new rhythms, imagery and lyricism to Uzbek verse; his novel Night and Day depicts life in early 20th-century Turkestan, and he translated Shakespeare's Hamlet into Uzbek.
He was shot in 1938 together with Abdulla Qodiriy and Fitrat. His works were banned in Soviet times and found their readers again after independence.
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Updated: October 3, 2026