William Dirks

The Night Milk Flowed

Abdulla Kulbaddan was born in Qarshi in I960, finished high school in Samarkand, graduated from the Journalism Department of Tashkent University in 1983, and began employment as a proofreader for the Samarkand district newspaper Lenin Yoli (now Zarafshan). Since 1985 he has been living in Tashkent. For the past ten years he has served as publisher and editor-in-chief at the Yazuwchi Publishing House. His first poem was printed in 1974 in a provincial newspaper. His first book, Naysan, appeared in 1988 and has been followed by three others: Huma (Bird of Paradise; 1989), Bakhtli Yol (Auspicious Way; 1991), and Khayal Kechasi (Night of Thoughts; 1994). For Bakhtli Yol he was honored with the Usman Nasir Award of the Republic Youth Union.