P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Bobojonov, Ma'ruf

Tajik author Ma'ruf Bobojonov, also referred to as Ma'ruf Bobojon,

was born into a scholarly family in the village of Haidar in Khujand on

November 3, 1945. He joined the CPSU in 1975.

Bobojonov graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1967.

For a while, he worked for Tojikistoni Soveti, then joined the Commit-

tee for Radio and Television of Tajikistan. In 1986, he became the Di-

rector of the Bureau of Literary and Artistic Persuasions at the Union of

Writers of Tajikistan.

Bobojonov's writing career began in the 1960s. His contributions in-

clude Khishti Avval (The First Brick, 1971), Shabi Okhirin (The Last

Night, 1973), Jufti Kabutar (The Pigeon's Mate, 1981), Asiri Haftum

(The Seventh Slave, 1985), as well as the essays "Hodi Kenjaev" ("Hadi

Kenjaev," 1970),"Farzandi  Zamin" ("The Offspring of the Land,"

1974), and others.

The Second World War plays a major role in Bobojonov's stories.

His characters are mostly young people chosen from among the workers

in the kolkhoz to symbolize the effort expended for the creation of a

progressive socialist society.

He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1975. He is

the recipient of the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Tajikistan.