Utkir Khashimov was a Soviet-Uzbek writer. His childhood passed in difficult conditions of war and famine, despite having good performance, he had to work from an early age to help his family. While studying at the Faculty of Journalism of Tashkent State University, he also worked in Tashkent, Zheleznodorozhniki. After the University, he worked in the newspaper Evening Tashkent, he soon became the head of the department. In 1982-1985, he was deputy chief editor of Gulyam. Since 1985 worked as the editor-in-chief of the magazine Utkir Khashimov was also a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, chairman of the Committee of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan His works: Novels - “Light is not without a shadow”, “Between two doors”, “Life spent in a dream”, “Moth day”, “ What people will say, “Unique Spring”, “Listen to the Heart”, “Earthly Affairs”, dramatic works - “Spring Passed By”, “Someone Else Care”, “We Invite to the Wedding”, “Repression”. Stories - “Love”, “The last victim of the war”, “Uzbek business”, He also translated into Uzbek the works of E. Hemingway, K. Simonov, A. Kuprin, O. Berggolz. His works have been printed in many foreign languages.