Erkin Samandar

Erkin Samandar

  Poet, prose writer and playwright Erkin Samandar was born in 1935 in the village of Navkhos, Khanka district, Khorezm region. He studied at the Khorezm State Pedagogical Institute (1952-1957). Erkin Samandar entered the literary world in the 1950s. In 1966, the first collection of poems "Amu Jilolalari" was published. This was followed by "The Youth of the World" (1968), "The Sky is Full of Light" (1970), "The Pearl of Death" (1973), "My Youth" (selection, 1979), "Reception Hours" (1980), "Children on the Beach" ”(1982),“ Yablonya vo dvore ”(Moscow, 1982),“ Spring Evenings ”(1984),“ Shedrost Dawn ”(1985),“ Seasons of Love ”(1987),“ What Garden Is This Garden ”(1988) , “The Way to the Heart” (1990), “The Book of Love” (1996), “And Again Spring” (2010, co-authored with his daughter Sayyora Samandar), “Youth of the Soul” (2010), a total of 17 collections of poetry were published.

State prizes:
1) 1990 y. "Honored Journalist of Uzbekistan"

2) 2019 y.  Order of Friendship