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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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however, is "Lenin-- Barodar, Rahnumo" ("Lenin--Brother, Leader"). It

was published in 1922, during the lifetime of Lenin.

In addition to "Jangi Buzurgi Vatan" ("The Great Patriotic war"), he

contributed the following: "Taronaho" ("Songs," 1942), "Nozimi Vatan"

("The Motherland Organizer," 1953), "Dar Vodii Mihnat" ("In the Do-

main of Labor," 1955), "Du Dodaron" ("Two Brothers," 1960), Shi'rho

va Dostonho (Poems and Stories, 1965), "Oshiqi Bahor" ("In Love with

Spring," 1970), and "Chashmai Ilhom" ("Fountain of Inspiration,"

1971).

Valizoda joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1943.

He became a People's Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in 1945, and

a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1960. He also won two Badges of

Honor, medals, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Valizoda died on December 12, 1971, in Kulab.