P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Yodgori, Shohmuzaffar

Tajik poet Shah Muzaffar Yodgori was born in the village of

Buzkushak in the district of Vose' in the Kulab province, on January 1,

1940.

Yodgori graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in

Persian language and literature in 1962. He worked at Tojikistoni Soveti

from 1962 to 1976. In 1978, he became the Chief Editor of Rohi Lenini

of Kulab.

Yodgori's first poems were published in 1958. His contributions in-

clude "Yak Shokha Gul" ("A Rose Stem," 1970), "Sohili Bakht" ("The

Shore of Fortune," 1977), "Dargohi Dihqon" ("The Farmer's Thresh-

old," 1980), "Farzandon" ("Offspring," 1982), and "Simoi Khalq" ("The

Face of the Masses," 1984). Many of his other poems appear in the

journals of the time.

Yodgori joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1974.