P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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geois nationalist. In 1955, Shukurov successfully defended a different

dissertation at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sci-

ences of the Soviet Union, and received his doctorate degree.

 In 1945 and 1946, he taught at the Pedagogical Institute of Kulab.

From 1951 to 1953, he taught at the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute.

After the inauguration of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in

April 1951, Shukurov joined the staff of the Rudaki Institute of Lan-

guages and Literatures as a Scientific Worker. In 1957, he became the

Head of the Division of Contemporary Tajik Literature. He held this po-

sition until 1990, when he became the Head of the Republic's Commit-

tee for Terminology. In 1987, he became a full member of the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan.

Shukurov is an untiring contributor to the promotion of the Iranian

culture of the Tajiks. He has researched and presented many of the bi-

ographies of the prominent figures of Tajikistan. In this sense, although

indirectly, he is a major contributor to the present volume.

His contributions include "Rahim Jalil" ("Rahim Jalil," 1959);

"Sotim Ulughzoda" ("Sotim Ulughzoda,"1961); "Vizhagihoi Ghoyavi

va Badii Yoddoshthoi Aini" ("Deep Structure Artistic Peculiarities of

Aini's Reminiscences," 1966); "Nasri Jalol Ikromi" ("Jalol Ikromi's

Prose," 1979); Har Sukhan Joi va har Nukta Makoni Dorad (There Is a

Place for Every Word and for Every Action, 1968, 1985); "Didi

Astetikii Khalq va Nasri Realisti" ("Peoples' Aesthetic Views versus

Realist Prose," 1973); "Pahluhoi Tadqiqi Badii" ("Aspects of Artistic

Research," 1976); "Paivandi Zamonho va Paivandi Khalqho" ("Tempo-

ral Connections and Connections Among People," 1982); "Zaboni Mo,

Hastii Mo" ("Our Language, Our Existence," 1991); and Khuroson Ast

Injo (This is Khurasan, 1996).

Already a member of the International Association of Literary Crit-

ics, Shukurov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1956.

In 1944, he won the Rudaki State Prize, as well as awards for Friend-

ship Among People (1986), the Red Banner of Courage, the 100

th

 Anni-

versary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Dusti Prize (1999). In 1991,

Shukurov was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Science in

Tajikistan.

Shukurov has traveled to the United States, India, Iran, and most of

the republics of the former Soviet Union.

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