Tomur Dawamat is one of the most distinguished statesmen from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, P.R.China, as well as a poet. "Footprints of My Life" is his sixth collection of poems. This collection in the Chinese edition has stunned the domestic cultural circles since its publication by the Writers Press in February 2000. His poetry is characterized by a wide range of themes, the profound yearning for patriotism, national unity and human progress, and the Uygur custom - ways of aestheticism. His nostalgic, patriotic and humanistic enthusiasm is not confined to a narrowly specified place, but open to an enlightened ideal and spiritual world.
