Uzbek literature suffers a great loss

Today, April 8, Qamchibek Kenja — Honored Cultural Worker of Uzbekistan, Honored Youth Mentor of Uzbekistan, writer, poet, publicist, and translator — passed away at the age of 80. The Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan reported the news.

For reference, Qamchibek Kenja was born on August 15, 1946, in Gurkurov village of Izboskan district, Andijan region. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Tashkent State University.

His first poetry collection, Sog‘inch, was published in 1975, while his first collection of short stories, Yashil barg, was also released. He went on to write a number of prose and poetic works, including Ko‘ngil ko‘chalari (1979), Ishqing tushsa (1981), Orzumandlar (1982), Notanish gul (1986), Tog‘ yo‘lida bir oqshom (1987), Sohildagi suv parisi (1993), Qizil gullar (1995), Sohibjamol ayol siri (1996), Kulgibaxsh umr (1997), Boburiylardan biri (2000), Baxt qushi yoki ushalgan orzular (2001), Xamir uchidan patir yoxud kulcha hikoyalar (2005), and Saylanma, Book 1 (2006).

Earlier, on March 29 this year, prominent journalist, writer, translator, and former deputy Karim Bahriev passed away at the age of 64.