Otauli

Rahimjon Otaev (Otauli) (born in 1949 in Chipon village of Turkistan district of Chimkent province) is a writer, translator, publicist and critic. In 1973 he graduated from the philology department of the Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan). He has worked as a teacher in secondary school, as a Methodist in the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan and as a consultant editor in the Republican Agency of Press and News. Since 1983 he has been working in the Union of Writers.
He was awarded the annual prize of the journal Sharq yulduzi in 1984 for his publicistic article Most enigmatic sense, and the Alp Jamol prize of the Writers' Union in 1995 for his novel Mystery of mysteries (Turkistan epos). In 2000 he was awarded the Shuhrat medal.
Works
* 1983 - The sky full of stars - philosophical essay
* 1991 - Melodies of Surnay - collection of essays and stories,
* 1994 - Mystery of mysteries (Turkistan epos) - novel
* 1999 - Messenger (Afandi will not die) - novel
* 2006 - The Order of Time - novel
* 1994-2009 - Tilsim (Turkistan epos) - novel
* 2010 - Lessons from word art - collection of articles and speeches made on 60-jubilee
* 2011 - Mark of a horse - collection of stories
* 2012 - Writer's secret - collection of translated works (from Russian, Kazakh and Karakalpak)
* 2013 - Sacred words - collection of articles (interpreting Turkic words)
He has also published many essays, stories, narrations, publicistic and literary-critical articles in newspapers and journals.
Translations into Uzbek
* Shurabad by Muhammad Ali Jamolzoda (Iranian) (novel, from Russian)
* Song of existence by Muhtor Magavin (essay, from Kazakh)
* Poygaturiq by Abish Kekilbaev (essay, from Kazakh)
* several works by Tulapbergan Qaipberganov and Ollonazar Abdiev from Karakalpak.

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