Oʻtkir Hoshimov – a well-known Uzbek writer and public figure. He was born on August 5, 1941 in Tashkent, Dombirabad neighborhood. (He died on Friday, May 24, 2013 due to a serious illness, surrounded by his family in Tashkent). In Tashkent he studied at the Faculty of Philology of the State University. He worked in various editorial offices and publishing houses. He also served as the chairman of the Committee of Writers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Life O'tkir Hashimov was born on August 5, 1941 in Tashkent in an ordinary family. The writer's childhood coincided with the war and the difficult post-war period. "At that time, there was a shortage of bread, but there were many books in the libraries," the writer recalled in his memoirs. While reading books, O'tkir Hashimov worked as a mail carrier. It was this work that introduced O'tkir Hashimov to the life of ordinary people, completely different from the life in the book. In 1964, the future writer graduated from the journalism department of the philological faculty of the Uzbekistan National University (former ToshSU). In 1959-1962, he worked as a literary employee in the newspapers "Kyzil Uzbekistan", 1963-1966 "Tashkent Haqiqati", 1966-1982 "Tashkent Evening". His books are very interesting and considered to portray an ordinary lifestyle of a typical Uzbek family Writing process The writer's first work was published in 1962 in the form of a collection of essays under the name "Po'lat chavandoz". But the work that brought success to the writer was the short story "Bahor qaytmaydi", published in 1970. Despite the prevalance of novels which are full of ideological propaganda which was a requirement at that time, O'tkir Hoshimov managed to avoid that and in his book he wrote about simple human qualities. The video film based on this novel went down in history as the most watched film of its time. Several works of O'tkir Hashimov have been screened. He is the author of dramas, comedies, and a number of film scripts, such as "Xazon bo'lgan bahor", "Inson sadoqati" (1975), "Vijdon dorisi", "To'ylar muborak" (1979), "Qatag'on". The book "Daftar Hoshiyasidagi bitiklar" (2001) His first short story "Cho'l havosi" was published in 1963. The demanding writer received the attention of Abdulla Qahhor. „Urushning so'nggi qurboni”, „Yanga”, „Muhabbat”, „Dehqonning bir kuni”, „Umr savdosi”, „Qyosh tarozusi ", "Oq bulut, oppoq bulut", "Shamol esaveradi" (1968), „Bahor qaytmaydi“ (1970), „Qalbingga quloq sol“ (1973), „Dunyoning ishlari“ (1982),