P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Maniyozov, Abduqodir

Tajik literary critic and translator Abduqodir Maniyozov was born

on August 22, 1930, into a worker's family in Konibodom. He joined

the CPSU in 1953.

Maniyozov graduated from the Tajikistan State University with a de-

gree in history and philology in 1956. Between 1969 and 1972, he was

one of the main editors of the Ensaiklopidiai Sovetii Tojik (Soviet Tajik

Encyclopedia, 1978-1988). He also taught Tajiki language and literature

at the Rudaki Institute. In 1972, he became the Assistant Director of that

Institute. He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sci-

ences of Tajikistan in 1981.

Maniyozov's research in the 1960s was centered on the early works

of Sadriddin Aini. He intended to gauge the impact of Aini's contribu-

tion on the early Soviet Tajik society. Maniyozov's literary career, how-

ever, dates to 1956, when his critical articles appeared in Tajik journals.

Maniyozov's major contribution in the field of literary criticism is a

better understanding of the milieu in which S. Aini worked. His Riso-

laho va Nazmi Ustod Aini (Essays and Poetry of Ustod Aini, 1958) is an

example of that.

Maniyozov joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1963. He re-

ceived the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

 Anniversary of the Birth of

Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme

Soviet of Tajikistan.