Maqsud Shayxzoda
Uzbek writer (1908-1967)
Maqsud Shayxzoda (Azerbaijani: Maqsud Şeyxzadə, Uzbek: Maqsud Shayxzoda; 7 November 1908 — 19 February 19, 1967, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) was a Soviet-Uzbek poet of Azerbaijani Turk origin. He is considered one of the founders of modern Uzbek literature. He was the brother of Fuad Shikhiev and hailed from the village of Yukhari Salahli in the Qazax district, although he was born in Aghdash.
In 1925, Maqsud Shayxzoda graduated from the Darulmuallim School in Baku. He initially worked as a teacher in a first-degree Azerbaijani school in Derbent and later taught at the Buynaksk Pedagogical and Educational Technical School. In 1927, he was arrested for alleged membership in a counter-revolutionary organization and was exiled to Tashkent in February 1928. Shayxzoda briefly studied at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Central Asian University (1928), later working at the editorial offices of Sharq Haqiqati (1929–32), Qizil Uzbekistan and Yosh Leninchi newspapers (1932), and the Gulistan journal (1933–34). In 1933, he passed exams for all courses at the Pedagogical Institute in Baku and enrolled in postgraduate studies (1934). He also worked as a researcher at the Institute of Language and Literature (1935–38). From 1938 until his death, he lectured on the history of Uzbek literature at the Pedagogical Institute, initially in evening classes and later in daytime classes.
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