Alisher Navoiy State Prize ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Alisher Navoiy nomidagi Davlat mukofoti, Алишер Навоий номидаги Давлат мукофоти) was an award given in

Uzbek SSR The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (, ), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist P ...

and later

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to recognize outstanding achievement in literature, arts, and architecture. The award, named after the Turkic poet and statesmen

Ali-Shir Nava'i 'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī ( Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, ) was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and ...

, was established on 19 September 1989. From 1989 until its disestablishment in 2006, it was awarded every three years on September 1, the Independence Day of Uzbekistan. Each recipient (known as a "laureate") received a monetary award equal to 200 times the minimum monthly wage at the time in Uzbekistan. Notable recipients include Abdulla Oripov and

Sherali Joʻrayev Sherali Jorayev (, ; – 4 September 2023) was an Uzbek singer, songwriter, poet, author, and actor. He was an influential figure in Uzbek cultural life for nearly five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1980s and 1990s. H ...

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{{reflist Awards established in 1989 Orders, decorations, and medals of Uzbekistan 1989 establishments in Uzbekistan Awards disestablished in 2006

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