Abdulla Oripov[a] (21 March 1941 – 5 November 2016) was an Uzbek poet, literary translator, and a politician.

[3] In addition to writing his own poetry, Oripov translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Alexander Pushkin, Dante Alighieri, Nizami Ganjavi, and Taras Shevchenko, into the Uzbek language.

Abdulla Oripov was born on 21 March 1941, in the village of Nekuz in Qashqadaryo, then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

From 1963 to 1974, Oripov worked at the Yosh gvardiya (1963–1968) and Gaʻfur Gʻulom (1968–1974) publishing houses.

Between 1974 and 1980, he worked for different periodicals, such as Sharq yulduzi (The Eastern Star) and Gulxan (Bonfire).

Oripov translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Alexander Pushkin, Dante Alighieri, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Jenő Heltai, Kersti Merilaas, Khalil Rza Uluturk, Lesya Ukrainka, Nikola Vaptsarov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Nizami Ganjavi, Qaysin Quli, Sergey Baruzdin, Taras Shevchenko, and Yeghishe Charents, into the Uzbek language.