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Soleh's first stories appeared in the 1980s. His first collection of sto-

ries entitled Sabri Kismar (Kismar's Patience) was published  in 1985.

His second collection entitled Ohangi Shahri Ishq (The Music of the

City of Love) was published in 1989. His third collection Ardoviraf-

noma (Book of Ardaviraf) was published in 1999. Soleh's most recent

work is Divori Khuroson (The Khurasan Wall ). At the present he

works for the Dewashtich Publishers.

Soliev, Maqsud

Tajik painter Maqsud Soliev was born in 1887 in the village of

Shaikhburhon in Khujand. He learned painting from his father, Hoji

Mirsolih.

Between 1952 to 1957, alongside National Painters Ojil Faiozov,

Rahim Shaikh Rajabov, and others, Soliev contributed to the painting of

the Civilization Palace of the Arbob village of Khujand. He also super-

vised the work of the younger painters. During the length of his career,

he continued the tradition of the painters before him and enhanced their

work by adding innovative dimensions of his own. These latter included

various types of traditional designs involving exact use of geometry.

His contributions include the decoration of Choikhonai Muisapidon

(Old People's Teahouse) in Leninabad, decoration of the Shaikhburhon

Choikhona (Shaikhburhon Teahouse), and the decoration of the Lenina-

bad Pushkin Comedy Theater.

Soliev became a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in 1957. He was a

recipient of the Rudaki State Prize in 1964, for the decoration of the

Leninabad Pushkin Comedy Theater. He was also received the Honor-

ary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Solihov, A'zam

Tajik composer A'zam Solihov, son of Fozil Solihov, was born in

Dushanbe on December 19, 1941. He joined the CPSU in 1967.

Solihov graduated from the Dushanbe Music School in 1963. From

1966 to 1971, he studied composition and polyphony at the Tashkent

Conservatory. In 1971, he became a teacher at the Dushanbe Music

School. He is a prolific composer and specializes in the shorter music

genre. The following are some of his contributions : "Khotirai Modar"

("The Memory of Mother," 1969); "Sadoi Osio" ("The Voice of Asia,"

1970); "Qahramoni" ("Heroism," 1977); and "Javoni" ("Youth," 1975).

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