Omonulla Madayev
Uzbek literary scholar and teacher, Candidate of Philological Sciences; taught classical Uzbek literature and folklore at the National University of Uzbekistan and wrote textbooks.
Biography
Omonulla Madayev was born on 20 May 1942 in Tashkent. He first worked as a teacher at Tashkent boarding school No. 1 and then at secondary school No. 82, and in 1964 he graduated from the philology faculty of Tashkent State University.
From 1966 he worked at Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan), starting as a senior laboratory assistant in the department of classical Uzbek literature and later becoming an associate professor there. In 1973 he defended his candidate’s dissertation on the distinctive features of the Khorezm folk dastans and became a Candidate of Philological Sciences. He also served as dean of the university’s journalism faculty and until 2015 taught the history of Uzbek literature.
Madayev wrote many scholarly and methodological works on Uzbek folklore, literary studies and pedagogy. He is known for the book “Insho qanday yoziladi?” (“How Is an Essay Written?”, 1989), the school textbook “Vatan adabiyoti”, the book “Alpomish bilan suhbatlar” (“Conversations with Alpamysh”, 1998) and the textbook “Xalq og‘zaki poetik ijodi” for academic lyceums (2001, 2003).
From 1966 he took part in university admissions work, and after 1990 he tutored applicants privately; in 2018 he spoke on television about the entrance examinations to universities. In 1987 the university’s Academic Council gave him the title “Excellence in Education”; later he received the badge “Excellence in Public Education” for his services to the school system and the Order “Do‘stlik” (Friendship).
Omonulla Madayev died on 2 March 2019 in Tashkent, aged 76.
Education
- National University of UzbekistanUniversity · Tashkent · 1964 · Philologist
Career
- National University of UzbekistanAssociate professor of classical Uzbek literature, dean of the journalism faculty · Tashkent · 1966–2015
Awards
Order «Do'stlik» (Friendship)Uzbekistan
Life path
- 1964Graduation
Graduated from the philology faculty of Tashkent State University.
- 1964Teacher at school No. 82
Taught at secondary school No. 82 in Tashkent; before that he had worked at boarding school No. 1.
- 1966Start at the university
Became a senior laboratory assistant in the department of classical Uzbek literature at Tashkent State University.
- 1973Candidate’s dissertation
Defended a dissertation on the distinctive features of the Khorezm folk dastans.
- 1982Associate professor
Worked as an associate professor in the department of classical Uzbek literature.
- 1987“Excellence in Education”
The title was given by decision of the university’s Academic Council.
- 1989“Insho qanday yoziladi?”
His book teaching schoolchildren to write essays was published.
- 1998“Alpomish bilan suhbatlar”
A book devoted to the dastan “Alpamysh” appeared.
- 2001“Xalq og‘zaki poetik ijodi”
A textbook for academic lyceums came out (reissued in 2003).
- 2015End of teaching
Until this year he taught the history of Uzbek literature at the university.
- 2019Death
Died on 2 March in Tashkent, aged 76.
Books
- “Features of the Khorezm Folk Dastans”1973 · Candidate’s dissertation
A scholarly work on the distinctive features of the Khorezm folk dastans.
- “How Is an Essay Written?”1989 · Methodological guide
A book that teaches schoolchildren to write essays.
- “Vatan adabiyoti” (“Literature of the Homeland”)· Textbook
A textbook for the 7th and 9th grades of general schools.
- “Conversations with Alpamysh”1998 · Book
A book about the dastan “Alpamysh”, written as a series of conversations.
- “Folk Oral Poetic Art”2001 · Textbook
A textbook for academic lyceums, reissued in 2003.