P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Boqi, Mullo

Tajik author and journalist Mullo Boqi Maschohi was born in the

village of Postghu of Maschoh in the Zarafshan province in 1932.

Boqi graduated from Uroteppa Pedagogical Institute in 1952, and

from the State University of Khujand with a degree in Tajiki language

and literature in 1966. Between 1967 and 1970, he worked at the Shah-

rak Radio Station. In 1970, he joined the Union of Soviet Journalists,

and from then until 1988, worked at Haqiqati Leninobod. His first story,

entitled "Bars Kokulak," was published in 1969. His main themes

include criticism of the social and administrative degeneration of the

Soviet system. His other works include Bahodur  Dilvarzin (Bahodur

Dilvarzin, 1976), Rohi Bardavom (Unending Road, 1979), and Ranghoi

Ruzigor (The Colors of the Firmament, 1989).

Boqi Maschohi died in Dushanbe in 1995.