Uzbekistan
Shamshad Abdullaev
Shamshad Abdullaev (b. 1957) is the leading poet of the so-called “Fergana School” (for its “manifesto,” see Modern Poetry in Translation). Abdullaev has been...
Khayrullo Fayz
Khayrullo Fayz was born in Khujand, Tajikistan.
Hamid Ismailov
Hamid Ismailov was born in Kyrgyzstan to a deeply religious Uzbek family of Mullahs, Sayids, and Khodjas, many of whom had lost their lives during the persecution of the Stalin era. He received an...