Komil Yashin

Komil Yashin
Komil Yashin
Native name	Комил Яшин; Komil Yashin
Born	Komil Noʻmonov; 25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1909; Andijan, Russian Turkestan
Died	25 September 1997 (aged 87); Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Citizenship	Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Uzbekistan;
Notable awards	State Hamza Prize (1958); People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR (1969); Hero of Socialist Labor (1974); Order of the October Revolution (1979); Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984);
Spouse	Halima Nosirova

Komil Yashin (25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1909 — 25 September 1997) was a Soviet-Uzbek author, poet, dramatist, and screenwriter. Ogonyok magazine described him as "the greatest modern Uzbek playwright".

Yashin held many high-level political offices in the Soviet Union and served as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He received numerous awards and titles, including the title People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR in 1959, the Stalin Prize in 1951, and the title Hero of Socialist Labor in 1974.