Abdulla Oripov (poet)

Hero of Uzbekistan Abdulla Oripov Абдулла Орипов
Born	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 Village Nekuz, Qashqadaryo, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Died	5 November 2016(2016-11-05) (aged 75) Houston, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)	Poet, literary translator, and a politician
Family	Bibisora Oripova[1]
Awards	Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Uzbek SSR (1972) State Hamza Prize (1983) People's Poet of the Uzbek SSR (1989) Alisher Navoiy State Prize (1992) Hero of Uzbekistan (1998)

Abdulla Oripov (Uzbek: Abdulla Oripov, Абдулла Орипов; 21 March 1941 – 5 November 2016) was an Uzbek poet, literary translator, and a politician.^[2] He is best known as the author of the lyrics to the State Anthem of Uzbekistan.^[3] In addition to writing his own poetry, Oripov translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Alexander Pushkin, Dante Alighieri, Nizami Ganjavi, and Taras Shevchenko, into the Uzbek language.

Oripov was also a statesman. He was a member of the Senate of Uzbekistan from 2005 until his death in 2016. He also served as the head of the Copyright Committee of Uzbekistan from 2000 until his death.

Oripov received many awards during his lifetime. He became a National Poet of the Uzbek SSR in 1989. In 1998, he was awarded the title Hero of Uzbekistan, the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by Uzbekistan.