Abdurehim Ötkür (1923–1995) was an author, translator, and poet. He is widely considered to be the father of modern Uyghur poetry. He was arrested in 1943 and detained as a political prisoner for two years for his support of the Three Districts Revolution. In 1949, he was placed under strict surveillance and was subsequently in and out of prison. He was restricted from writing for decades until the early eighties. From 1979 to his death, Ötkür worked as a scholar and administrator in the Institute of Literature Studies at the Academy of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Xinjiang.

Among his works are the poetry collections Qeshqer Kéchisi (Xinjiang People’s Press, 1980) and Ömür Menzilliri (Xinjiang Youths Press, 1985), and the novel Iz (Xinjiang People’s Press, 1985).