P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Kucharov, Alamkhon

Tajik linguist and literary critic Alamkhon Kucharov was born in the

village of Sarichashma in Shurabad, Khatlan, on February 4, 1946. He

received his early education in the schools of Khatlan.

Kucharov graduated from the Philology Department of Tajikistan

State University in 1969. Thereafter, he was sent to the school districts

of Khatlan, where he served in various positions until 1997. From 1972

to 1976, he was an absentee post-graduate student at Tajikistan State

University. He defended his thesis, entitled Mas'alahoi Matnshinosii

Qissai "Odina"-i S. Aini (Textual Problems of the Story "Odina" by

Sadriddin Aini), in 1978. In 1982, he became an Assistant Professor,

and in 1997, he defended his post-doctorate dissertation entitled Mavqi'i

Naqdi Matn dar Adabiyotshinosii Tojik va Mas'alahoi Matnshinosii

Nasri S. Aini (The Place of Textual Criticism in Tajik Literary Criticism

and the Textual Problems of Sadriddin Aini's Prose) and received his

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