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Timur Kasymovich Zulfikarov

ティムール・カシムオーヴィチ・ズルフィカロフ

Timuru Kashimovichii Zurufikarofu

Aliases: ティムール・ズルフィカロフ

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-08-17 (Dushanbe)
Nationality
Soviet Union, Russia
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Dushanbe → Moscow

Career

Occupations
poet, prosaist, playwright, screenwriter
Active Years
1961-2024
Affiliations
Union of Russian Writers
Memberships
Member of the Supreme Creative Council of the Union of Russian Writers
Influenced
Lev Annensky, Vladimir Bondarenko
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature nominee (1991, 2000), Bunin Prize nominee (2010, 2012, 2015)

Education

Gorky Literary Institute
Faculty of Literature / Poetry and Prose Department
Degree: 卒業
Period: 1950年代-1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Russia
Transferred from Philological Faculty of Leningrad State University

Awards

Yasnaya Polyana Award
2004
Work: Golden Parables of Khoja Nasreddin
Category: 傑出したロシア文学作品
Organization: Yasnaya Polyana Foundation
Result: 受賞
Leskov Prize 'Levsha'
2016
Category: 文学評論
Result: 受賞
Bunin Prize
2017
Work: Golden Letters of Love
Result: 受賞
Stars of the Commonwealth
2019
Organization: CIS
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Golden Parables of Khoja Nasreddin

2004 Novel-Parables 494 pages

A collection of wise parables featuring Khoja Nasreddin.

WisdomLoveMorality

Bibliography

  • Earthly and Heavenly Journeys of a Poet
  • Khoja Nasreddin's First Love

Adaptations

  • Man Goes After Birds

Translations of Works

  • 12 Graves of Khoja Nasreddin

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Rhythmic proseAnaphorasAlliterationsArchaic stylization
Recurring Motifs
SufferingSages and TyrantsReligious Insight

Legacy

Russian-language Tajik writer known for historical and philosophical novels, winner of numerous literary prizes. Works translated into 12 languages.

In Popular Culture

  • Numerous film scripts

Quotes

  • Now any graphomaniac can scratch their name on the Pyramid of Culture. The Nobel Prize was a beacon for true masters.
    Source: Den' Literatury

Trivia

  • Father was a People's Commissar of Bukhara Republic, repressed in 1937.
  • Mother was a Doctor of Philological Sciences.
  • Book circulation over 1.5 million copies.