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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Tahirov is the recipient of the "Honored Scientist of Tajikistan."

Tilovov, Bozor

Tajik folklorist Bozor Tilovov was born into a farming family in

Panjakent on February 25, 1932. He joined the CPSU in 1955.

Tilovov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in

Philology in 1956. From 1956 to 1958, he taught at Tajikistan State

University. Between 1961 and 1963, he was a Junior Scientific Worker,

and from 1964 to 1968, he was a Senior Scientific Worker of the Folk-

lore Division. During 1969 and 1970, he was the Acting Director of the

Folklore Division. Then, between 1970 and 1986, he was a Senior Sci-

entific Worker for the Folklore Division. He received his doctorate de-

gree in philosophy in 1975. In 1986, he was appointed Director of the

Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan.

Tilovov’s research deals with Tajik folklore in general, and with the

repertoire of Tajik idioms in particular. His findings contain both theo-

retical insight and practical application. He is one of the contributors to

the five-volume Kulliyoti Zarbulmasalhoi Tojik (A Compendium of

Tajik Aphorisms), which was published in Tajiki, Russian, Persian, and

English. He also has contributed to the compilation and publication of

several encyclopedia-type volumes dealing with Tajik folklore. His

contributions include Poetikai Zarbulmasal va Maqolahoi Khalqii

Tojiki (The Poetics of Aphorism and Essays on Tajik Idioms, 1967) and

Zarbulmasalhoi Mashhur (Well-known Aphorisms, 1983).