Zunun Kadir

Uyghur poet, playwright and novelist (1911–1989)
Zunun Kadir
زۇنۇن قادىرى
Born1911
Emin, Xinjiang
DiedSeptember 24, 1989
Almaty
Occupation(s)Poet, playwright, novelist

Zunun Kadir (Uyghur: زۇنۇن قادىرى) was a modern Uyghur poet, playwright, and novelist who was born in Emin, Xinjiang in 1911. Kadir began his career in 1936 and published his three-act drama Wen-chʻing-mu in 1942. He died in Almaty on September 24, 1989.

References

  • Zunun Qadir & Muhămmăt Polat, Zunun Qadir ăsărliri. Ürümchi: Shinjiang khălq năshriyati, 1992. ISBN 7-228-02014-6.
  • S. Frederick Starr (editor), Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2004. ISBN 0-7656-1318-2.

Further reading

  • Dilber Thwaites (April 2001). "Zunun Kadir's Ambiguity: The dilemma of a Uyghur writer under Chinese rule" (PDF).
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