P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdullozoda, Roziullo

Tajik intellectual Roziullo Abdullozoda was born in Uroteppa in

1912. He completed the Tashkent Economics Institute in 1930 and the

Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1941. In subsequent years, he taught

Tajiki language and literature in Uroteppa and Panjakent high schools.

Abdullozoda's early articles were published in Omuzgor, Jumhuriyyat,

Javononi Tojikiston, Sadoi Sharq, Firuza, and Ilm va Hayot. Abdullo-

zoda joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1959. Contributions of

Abdullozoda include Zarbulmasal va Hikmat dar Osori Aini (Apho-

risms and Philosophical Thought in the Works of Aini, 1958),

Muntakhabi Ash'ori Lutfi (Selected Works of Lutfi, 1959), Ash'ori Noili

Shirzoda (The Poems of Noil Shirzada, 1961), and Pandi 'Oqil (The

Advice of the Wise, 1982). Yodi az Guzashtagon (In Memory of the

Departed), a collection of poetry published in 1983, contains a number

of Abdullozoda' s poems.