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Murtazoev, Bakhtiyor

Tajik poet and journalist Bakhtiyor Murtazoev, also referred to as

Murtazoev Buri, was born into a family of workers in the village of

Yabuz in Qabodion on May 23, 1940. He joined the CPSU in 1970.

Murtazoev graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree

in Tajiki language and literature in 1963. Between 1963 and 1967, he

worked at Komsomoli Tojikiston. From 1986 to 1991, he worked first

for Adabiyot va San'at (until 1986), then for Sadoi Sharq. Beginning in

1991, he served the Associate Editor for the state newspaper, Sadoi

Mardum.

Murtazoev's first stories appeared in the Tajik press in the 1960s. His

contributions include "Qasidai Barodari" ("Ode to Brotherhood," 1975),

"Jon Bokhtai Rohati" ("Dead for Leisure," 1975), and "Chinor dar

Soloni" ("The Plane-Tree of Soloni," 1983). This latter work deals with

the contributions of the Tajiks to the construction of the Baikal-Amur

railway. His other contributions include "Odami Javhardor" ("A Man of

Substance," 1983), "Jui Navdiz" ("The Nadiz Stream," 1984), "Ihyoi

Bishkent" ("The Revival of Bishkent," 1984), and "Chasmhai Oftob"

("The Source of the Sun," 1987).

Murtazoev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1983.

He won the Order of the Red Star.