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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Qosimov died in Dushanbe on July 5, 1971.

Qosimov, Nizom

Tajik poet Nizom Jahongirovich Qosimov, also referred to as Nizom

Qosim, was born into a farming family in Qurghonteppa on September

16, 1958.

Qosimov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in

Tajik language and literature in 1979. Thereafter, he worked at Pioniri

Tojikiston, Javononi Tojikiston, Tojikistoni Shavravi, the weekly Adabi-

yot va San'at, and the monthly Sadoi Sharq. In 1987, he joined the staff

of the Adib State Publications. For several years, he worked in the

Ministry of Education of Tajikistan.

Qosimov's poetic career started when he was a student in 1979. De-

scription of nature, patriotism, and liberty are some of the themes of his

verses. He is one of the successful followers of Bozor Sobir's literary

school. "Khushai Shi'r" ("Bunches of Poetry," 1984), "Khuni Sitora"

("The Blood of the Star," 1987), and a new interpretation of the "Ruboi-

yyoti Umari Khayyam" ("The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam," 1998), are

among his major contributions. Qosimov's Amir Ismoil (Amir Isma'il,

music by Tolib Shahidi) and Rustam va Suhrab (Rustam and Suhrab,

music by Talab Sattor) were recently staged in Dushanbe at the Aini

State Theater for Opera and Ballet.

Qosimov joined the Union of the Writers of the Soviet Union in

1987.