P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Khojaeva, Inoyat

Tajik poet Inoyat Khojaeva, also referred to as Farzona, was born on

November 3, 1964, in Khujand. She received her early education in the

public schools of Khujand.

Khojaeva graduated from the Khujand Pedagogical Institute in 1985.

Thereafter, she worked for Haqiqati Leninobod. For a while, she was a

poetry consultant for the Union of Writers of Tajikistan's Khujand Divi-

sion. At the present, she is the Deputy Director of the Kamol Khujandi

and Bobojon Ghafurov Prizes.

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Khojaeva's early poetry was published in 1982. Her poetry is read by

a wide international audience in Europe, Japan, and the republics of the

former Soviet Union. The themes of Kkojaeva's poetry include the phi-

losophy of life and death, love and society.

Khojaeva's contributions include "Soyai Ghazal" ("Shadow of a Son-

net"), "Rishtaboron" ("Downpour"), "Oyati 'Ishq" ("The Love Verse"),

"Paiyomi Niokon" ("The Message of the Ancestor"), "Bargi Sabz"

("Green Leaf"), and others.

Khojaeva joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1988.