P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

5

Abdullo, Safar

Tajik researcher and literary critic Safar Abdullo was born in 1955 in

the village of Artuch, in the Panjakent region of Zarafshan.

Abdullo graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1978 with a

degree in Tajiki language and literature. Subsequently, he worked

 

at

 

the

Rudaki

 

Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy

 

of

 

Sciences

of

 

Tajikistan

 

(1980-1984),

 

the

 

Moscow

 

International Literature Institute

(1984-1990), and the Institute of Oriental

 

Studies

  

of

 

the

 

Academy

 

of

Sciences

 

of

 

Tajikistan

 

(1990-1993).

Abdullo moved to Kazakhstan in 1993, where he headed the Iran

Section of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan. He also was part of

the faculty of the Farabi University in Alma-Ata (present-day Almaty).

Abdullo's contributions include Hamosahoi  Milli dar Shi'ri Ruz

(National Epics in Contemporary Poetry, 1986) and Nuri Sukhan ( The

Light of Speech).