Memory

My first days at work. Life was in full swing in the editorial office at Matbuotchilar Street 32, known in Tashkent as the Newspaper Corps. On my way, I often met our recognized poet, respected mentor. He always greeted me and although he didn’t know me at all, he used to say: “How are you my daughter, what news in creativity?” I still do not consider my work as creativity and I have always been sincerely surprised how this person called the work of yesterday’s student so sublimely... The outstanding poet Azim Suyun was such a generous person.

Azim Suyun was born on February 22, 1948, in Samarkand region, in the village of Quduqcha, located in the foothills of the Nurata mountains. Even though his father was a literate person, after he was dispossessed, the future poet had to pick up a shepherd’s crook and help his father. So, young Azim, helping his father, learned the secrets of nature. This influenced the formation of the personality of the future poet. The charm of native Uzbekistan, its unique nature, boundless respect and reverence for our sincere and caring compatriots, the purest feelings were a priority in the poems of Azim Suyun.

Collections of the poet “My Sky”, “The Fate of the Earth”, “Imagination”, “Punishment”, “Distant Dawns”, “My Love, My Sorrow”, “Your Black Eyes” and others are familiar to all lovers of poetry. His poems have been published in Turkish, English, Arabic, Russian, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Karakalpak and other languages. They are still loved and read in different countries. The poet himself proudly wrote: “I am a happy poet, glorifying the independence of the country!”.

At the initiative of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in the current renewal process, great attention is paid to the development of our national literature, the works of the luminaries of Uzbek literature are studied with great interest by young writers and poetry fans.

Nazokat Usmanova, UzA