P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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history of classical, as well as Soviet Tajik literature. His forté in lit-

erature is the historical novel.

From 1954 to 1960, he served as a Scientific Worker at the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1960 and 1972, he was director of

the History of Literature Division of the Rudaki Institute of Languages

and literatures. He joined

 

the

 

Union

 

of

 

Writers

 

of

 

the

 

Soviet Union in

1956.

Hodizoda has tirelessly worked on the preservation of the ancient lit-

eratures of the Iranian peoples. His early works deal with Tajik litera-

ture of the middle of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. In

this regard, he has contributed to the writing of A History of Tajik Lit-

erature During the 12th and 14th Centuries. His other contributions in-

clude Adabiyoti Tojik dar Nimai Duvvumi Sadai Nuzda (Tajik Litera-

ture During the Second Half of the 19

th

 Century, 1968), Shams al-Din

Shohin ( Shams al-din Shahin, 1974), Az Guzashta va Imruzi Adabiyoti

Tojik (About the Past and Present of Tajik Literature, 1974), Sitorai dar

Tirah Shab (A Star in the Middle of a Dark Night, 1983), Bui Jui Muli-

yon (The Fragrance of the Muliyan Brook, 1986), Khushbakhti Chist

(What Is Good Fortune, 1978), and Na Sitoraho Mirizand (No, the Stars

Will Fall, 1991).

He received the Red Banner of Courage, the award for the 100

th

 An-

niversary of Lenin, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.