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a qahhor 's 100th birthday commemorative uzbek stamp made in honor of abdulla realism 25 may 1968 moscow russian soviet federative socialist republic abdulla qahhorov kokand russian turkestan said ahmad , utkir hoshimov , and erkin vohidov anton chekhov 200px state national order of merit stalin prize national writer of the uzbek ssr 17 september 1907 stamps of uzbekistan , 2007-06 . jpg abdulla qahhor
 abdulla qahhor novelist , and literary translator , short story writer , poet , playwright
abdulla qahhor

abdulla qahhor -lrb- sometimes spelled abdulla kahhar in english -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- september 17 , 1907 -- may 25 , 1968 -rrb- was an uzbek novelist , short story writer , poet , playwright , and literary translator .
he is best remembered as the author of the 1951 novel `` qoʻshchinor chiroqlari '' -lrb- `` the lights of qoʻshchinor '' -rrb- and the 1958 story `` sinchalak '' .
in addition to writing numerous short stories and novels , qahhor translated the works of many famous russian writers , such as alexander pushkin , anton chekhov , and nikolai gogol into the uzbek language .
in particular , he translated `` the captain 's daughter '' of pushkin , `` marriage '' and `` the government inspector '' of gogol , and , together with his wife kibriyo qahhorova , `` war and peace '' of leo tolstoy .
qahhor is considered to be one of the best uzbek writers of the 20th century and has been called the `` chekhov '' of uzbeks .
he received the prestigious state stalin prize in 1952 and a national writer of the uzbek ssr award in 1967 .
in 2000 , qahhor was posthumously awarded the national order of merit -lrb- -rrb- , one of independent uzbekistan 's most prestigious awards .
