P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Mullo Boqi Maschohi

See Boqi, Mullo.

Mullojonov, Mas'ud

Tajik critic and publicist Mas'ud Mullojonov was born into a

worker's family in Dushanbe on November 3, 1929. He joined the

CPSU in 1959.

Mullojonov graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in

1949. After that, he became a post-graduate student while working for

the republic's journals, television and radio, especially the propaganda

divisions. He also worked for TajikFilm. In 1968, he became the Chief

Editor of Pamir, as well as the secretary of the Union of Writers of

Tajikistan. In 1970, he became a correspondent for Literaturnaya

Gazieta. Mullojonov began publishing articles in 1951.

His contributions include "Hamdami Zamon va Hamnafasi Khalq"

("A Friend of Time and a Partner of the People," 1962), "Naqshi

Zamon" ("The Role of the Times," 1977), "Kholiq Mirzozoda" ("Kholiq

Mirzozoda," 1963), "Portretho" ("The Portraits," 1981), "Norak"

("Norak," 1974), "Hududi Shujo'at" ("The Limits of Bravery," 1976),

and Hikoyaho dar borai Tojikiston (Stories About Tajikistan, 1977).

The latter two works are in Russian.

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Mullojonov was a recipient of the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan and Belarus.