Nabi Rahimov[a] (7 November 1911 — 23 November 1994) was an Uzbek and Soviet stage and film actor and a pedagogue. He received many awards and accolades for his work, including People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1950), Order of Lenin (1959), People's Artist of the USSR, (1966), USSR State Prize, (1967), and the Order of Outstanding Merit (2004).
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Наби Раҳимов Nabi Rahimov | |
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Died | 23 November 1994 | (aged 83)
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Occupation(s) | Actor and theater pedagogue |
Years active | 1918–1994 |
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Life andwork
editNabi Rahimov was born in Kokand, then the Russian Empire.[1] He began acting at the age of six and began working in theater at the age of 14 in 1926. In 1929, he began working at the Uzbek Theater named after Hamza in Tashkent, where he worked until his death 1994.
In 1945, Rahimov became a member of the Communist Party. In 1946, he began teaching at the Tashkent Theater Institute, where he taught until 1961.[2][3]
Throughout his career, Rahimov acted in many plays and movies, playing roles ranging from tragic characters to heroes,[4] working with many other famous Uzbek actors and actresses, including Sora Eshontoʻrayeva, Mannon Uygʻur, and Abror Hidoyatov. He played the roles of main characters in a wide variety of plays, including in foreign classics. In particular, he played the roles of Iago in Othello, Laertes in Hamlet, and Duke of Albany in King Lear, in addition to playing key roles in Uzbek dramas such as Boʻriboy in Togʻa va jiyanlar, Bobo Kayfiy in Mirzo Ulugʻbek, and Shokir ota in Qutlugʻ qon.[5] He also appeared in the celebrated Uzbek films Maftuningman (1958) and Kelinlar qoʻzgʻoloni (1984).
Awards and accolades
edit- People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (24 February 1950)[6]
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (6 December 1951)[7]
- Order of Lenin (18 March 1959)[8]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1964)[1]
- State Hamza Prize (1967)[9]
- USSR State Prize (1977)[10]
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (1 August 1986)[11]
- Order of Outstanding Merit (23 August 2004)[12] (posthumously)
Notes
edit- ^ Nabi Rahimov is written as Наби Раҳимов in Uzbek Cyrillic; Russian sources typically spell his name as Наби Рахимов, which is romanized as Nabi Rakhimov.
References
edit- ^ a b "Рахимов Наби". Большая советская энциклопедия: Проба-Ременсы (in Russian). Vol. 21 (3rd ed.). Moscow: Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1970.
- ^ "РАХИМОВ , Наби". Театральная энциклопедия: Нежин-Сярев (in Russian). Vol. 4. Гос. науч. изд-во "Сов. энциклопедия". 1965.
- ^ "РАХИМОВ Наби". Краткая Российская энциклопедия: К-Р (in Russian). Vol. 2. Большая Российская энциклопедия. 2003. p. 1107.
- ^ Muhammadjonov, Zikir (2 April 1972). "Саҳнамиз сарвари". Совет Ўзбекистони (in Uzbek). p. 3.
- ^ a b "РАҲИМОВ Наби" [RAHIMOV Nabi] (PDF). Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Vol. 7. Tashkent: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2004.
- ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Соевета Узбекской ССР О присвоении почетных званий Узбекской ССР" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR On the conferment of honorary titles of the Uzbek SSR]. Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). 5 April 1950. p. 2.
- ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников литературы и искусства Узбекской ССР" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR On awarding orders and medals to workers of literature and art of the Uzbek SSR] (PDF). Sovetskoe Iskusstvo (in Russian). 8 December 1951. p. 1.
- ^ "СССР Олий Совети Президиумнинг Фармони Ўзбекистон ССР санъати ва адабиёти ходимларини СССР орденлари ва медаллари билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида". Qizil Oʻzbekiston (in Uzbek). 19 March 1959. p. 1.
- ^ "Адабиёт, санъат ва архитектура соҳасидаги асарларга Ўзбекистон СССРнинг Ҳамза номидаги Давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида" [On awarding the State Prizes named after Hamza of Uzbekistan USSR for works in the field of literature, art and architecture]. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni (in Uzbek). 7 November 1967. p. 2.
- ^ "Лауреаты Государственной премии СССР" [Laureates of the USSR State Prize]. Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). 12 November 1977. p. 4.
- ^ Jubilee card index
- ^ "Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О награждении посмертно деятелей науки, литературы и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие науки и культуры Узбекистана". Narodnoe slovo (in Russian). 26 August 2004. p. 1.
Bibliography
edit- Rahimov, Nabi (1980). "Инсонийлик санъати". Guliston (in Uzbek) (1): 26–27.
- Berdiyev, Yusuf (23 November 1991). "Наби Раҳимов - 80 ёшда УСТОД". O‘zbekiston Ovozi (in Uzbek). p. 4.