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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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addition, Mirzoev wrote a number of noteworthy articles, two of which

are "Yak Chand Fikr va Mulohi'za Raji' ba Tanqidi Adabii Nazm"

("Some Thought and Considerations Regarding Literary Criticism of

Poetry," 1954) and "Vazifai Asosii Mo Omukhtan va Mahorati Khudro

Baland Bardoshtan Ast" ("Our Duty Lies in Learning and in Keeping

Our Skills Sharp," 1975).

Finally, in addition to a number of works that Mirzoev contributed to

children's literature, he wrote Az Samimi Qalb (From the Bottom of the

Heart, 1952), Hazor Rahmat (Thanks a Million, 1956), Dil Bar Kafi

Dast (Heart in the Palm of the Hand, 1962), Rui Surkh (Red Face,

1971), Az Gahvora to Maidon (From the Cradle to the Field, 1981),

366 Pahlu (366-sided, Vols. I-IV, 1963-72), and Farzandi Hukumat

(Offspring of the Government, 1983).

Mirzoev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1952.