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Nov 13, 2008 (Thursday)
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Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek poet and writer forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992, since when he lives in the UK and works at the BBC World Service. He is a prolific writer of prose and ...
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Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek poet and writer forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992, since when he lives in the UK and works at the BBC World Service. He is a prolific writer of prose and poetry, and his books have been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish and other languages; his works are banned in Uzbekistan. He has also translated Russian and Western classics into Uzbek, and Uzbek and Persian classics into Russian and some Western languages. His novel The Railway, written before he left Uzbekistan, was the first to be translated into English by Robert Chandler and published in 2006.Enquiries
Bhavna Dave (Centre Chair): bd4@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4734
Jane Savory: js64@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4892
Organised by: Centres and Programmes Office , Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus ,
Bhavna Dave (Centre Chair): bd4@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4734
Jane Savory: js64@soas.ac.uk or 020 7898 4892
Organised by: Centres and Programmes Office , Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus ,
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