Shukrullo Yusupov was born on September 2, 1921, in Tashkent, in the mahallah (quarter) Olmazor.
In 1944, after graduating from the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute, he entered the postgraduate courses of Central Asian State University (SAGU), specializing in foreign literature.
In 1949 Shukrullo Yusupov was arrested along with a number of famous writers and poets of Uzbekistan Hamid Suleiman, Mirzakolon Ismaili, Shukhrat, brothers Alimukhamedov and Mahmud Muradov.
The investigation lasted 15 months and in 1951 he was convicted on charges of nationalism and anti-Soviet activity, sentenced to 25 years in prison and 5 disqualifications.
The arrest, investigation and stay in the camp are described in the autobiographical story "Buried without a shroud."