A scientific and theoretical conference entitled “The Place of Odil Yoqubov’s Work in 20th-Century Uzbek Prose” was held at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Odil Yoqubov, a People’s Writer of Uzbekistan. The event was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, the Institute of Uzbek Language, Literature and Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan.

The conference was moderated by Professor Hamidulla Boltaboyev, Head of the Department of Uzbek Literary Studies at the National University of Uzbekistan. Representing the university’s leadership, Vice-Rector Tunis Hojiyev delivered the opening remarks and officially opened the conference.

Participants included Minxojiddin Mirzo, First Deputy Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan and Doctor of Philological Sciences, as well as Qozoqboy Yo‘ldoshev, a renowned literary scholar, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, and member of the Writers’ Union of Uzbekistan. The conference heard a congratulatory address by M. Xojimatov, while Qozoqboy Yo‘ldoshev delivered a presentation entitled “The Personality of Odil Yoqubov and Issues of Literary Artistry.” In addition, other presentations devoted to the writer’s life and literary legacy were delivered during the plenary session. M. Yoqubov, Odil Yoqubov’s son, also addressed the participants.

Following the plenary session, the conference continued with five parallel sectional sessions. These sessions featured in-depth discussions of pressing issues, including the development trends of 20th-century Uzbek prose, tradition and artistic innovation in Odil Yoqubov’s works, and the literary activities of young writers.