P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdulhuseynov, Qulmuhammad

Tajik author Qulmuhammad Abdulhuseynov was born into a

farming family in the village of Rumid, in the Rushon district of

Badakhshan, on October 29, 1929. He joined the CPSU in 1951.

Abdulhuseynov graduated from the Stalinabad Library Institute in

1947 and from the Central Komsomol School in 1963. Between 1950

and 1959, he worked for the Badakhshan Komsomol Committee. In

1960, he became the Assistant Editor of Komsomoli Tojikiston. He

joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1965. In 1979, he became

the Director of the Renovation Division of the same institute.

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Abdulhuseynov's first creative work was published in the early

1980s. He is mainly a science fiction writer. Many of his stories have

appeared in Pioniri  Tojikiston, Javononi Tojikiston, Badakhshoni

Shavravi, Mash'al, and Sadoi Sharq. His major works include

Nihonkhonai Qamar (The Hiding Place of the Moon, 1982) and

Boshishgoh dar Qamar (A Pavilion on the Moon, 1984).

Abdulhuseynov's characters continue to explore new and exciting

dimensions of the solar system. Reading his works, the younger Tajik

generation, too, is becoming increasingly curious about the subject.

Abdulhuseynov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in

1985. He received the Red Banner of Courage and the Honorary Medal

of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.