P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Safarzoda

See Safarov, Ghoib.

Safia Hakimova

See Hakimova, Sa'diniso.

Safieva, Gulrukhsor

Tajik poet and author Gulrukhsor Safieva, also referred to as

Gulrukhsor Safi, was born in the village of Yakhch in Komsomolabad

on December 17, 1947. She joined the CPSU in 1968.

Safieva graduated from the Tajikistan State University with a degree

in Persian language and literature in 1968, and was employed by Kom-

somoli Tojikiston. In 1972, she became the Chief Editor of Pioniri Toji-

kiston. In 1981, Safieva was appointed the Director of the Union of

Writers of Tajikistan, and in 1987, the Chief of the Cultural Foundation

of Tajikistan.

Safieva's first poem was published locally in Qarotegini Shavravi in

1962. "Az Shabi Dirav" ("From the Harvest Night," 1975); "Motami

Safid" ("The White Wake," 1983); and "Takhti Sangin" ("Stone

Throne," 1989 are among her early works. Her poetry collection, Marzi

Nomus ( The Limit of Honor), originally published in 1987, was repub-

lished in 1990 under the title of Zanoni Sabz Bahor (The Women of

Sabz Bahar). This collection depicts the plight of the women of the Ku-

histan region during the Second World War.

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