P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Haidarshoev, Muhammadali

Tajik poet Muhammadali Haidarashoev, known also as Haidarsho,

was born into a family of workers in Khorugh, Badakhshan, in 1928. He

joined the CPSU in 1957.

Haidrashoev graduated with a degree in Tajiki language and litera-

ture from the State University of Tajikistan in 1955. Between 1974 and

1980, he was the Editor of Komunisti Tojikiston. His contributions in-

clude Guli Aghba (Flower of Aghba, Dushanbe, 1988).

Haidarshoev's career as a poet dates to 1950. The main feature of his

poetry is satire. His contributions include "Hamkalosihoi Man" ("My

Classmates," 1958), "Sadoi Bahor" ("Spring Sound,"

 

1966), "Bachcha-

hoi Maskav" ("The Children of Moscow," 1966) "Gulkhandai Zamin"

("The Smile of the Earth," 1974), "Kuhi La'l" ("The Mountain of Lapis-

Lazuli," 1982), "Bayozi Sangin" ("The Heavy Notebook," 1984),

"Majmu'ai Hakoyahoi Tanzi Khoristoni Khorposht" ("A Collection of

Satirical Stories of the Thorny Land of the Hedgehog," 1983), and

"Pomiri Man" ("My Pamir," 1978).

Haidarshoev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in

1963.