P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shirinshoh Shohtemur

See Shohtemur, Shirinshoh

Shodiev, Ergashali

Soviet literary critic Ergashali Shodiev was born into a family of

workers in

 

Konibodom

 

on

 

October 1, 1932.

 

He

 

joined the CPSU

 

in 1958.

Shodiev graduated from the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in

1955. He was an instructor and Head of the Department of the Uzbeki

Language between 1956 and 1967. From 1967 until 1969, he was a

Senior Scientific Worker at the same institute. He received his doctorate

degree in philosophy in 1973 and became a professor in the same year.

Shodiev's research deals with the interrelationship between Tajik and

Uzbek literatures. He has studied the works of Nozili Khujandi, Fanoi

Istaravshani, Hoziq, Qambarkhoni Khujandi, and others.

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