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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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State Academy of Dramatic Arts, TajikFilm Studio, Sado va Simoi To-

jikiston, and the Tajikistan youth Theater.

A number of Qiomov's plays have been staged in the major theaters

of Tajikistan. His major works include Dilro ba Dil Rohi Ast (Hearts

Talk to Each Other, [with A. Marazov] 1955); Tufon (Storm, [with

Ghani Abdullo] 1957); Rushnoi dar Qala'-i Hisor (Light in the Hissar

Fort, 1964); Pushaimoni (Repentance, 1968); and Az Balo Hazar

(Avoid Calamity, 1987).

He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1962, and be-

came a member of the Union of Cinematographers in 1959.