Abdurehim Otkur passed away, he is one of the most prominent Uyghur cultural figures of this century, He was born in 1923 in Qumul, Eastern Turkistan. In 1942 graduated from the Xinjiang University. Till 1949 worked as an editor of the "Altay Geziti" newspaper.

From 1949 to 1980 was allowed by Chinese authorities to work only as an interpreter in different governmental offices.  From 1980 to his death worked as a scholar in the Institute of Literature Studies of the Academy of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 1988 was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Society of "Qutadghu Bilik" Studies. 

Abdurehim Otkur was fluent in Uyghur, Chinese, Russian, English and several other Turkic languages. He first published his poems in 1940. The poems "Tarim Boyliri" (Along Tarim river) and "Yurek Mungliri" (Melodies of the heart) received very good responses from the public. The last novels of the author "Iz" (The Track) and "Oyghanghan Zimin" (The Awaked Land) became the most popular novels among Uyghur people. 

        (1923 - October 5, 1995)