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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Huseynzoda, Sharifjon

Tajik literary critic Sharifjon Huseynzoda was born into a merchant
family in Konibodom on April 12, 1907. He joined the CPSU in 1949.
Huseynzoda graduated from the Baku Pedagogical School in 1926
and from the Oriental Studies Division of the Central Asian State Uni-
versity in 1931. He was a Persian language Lecturer at the same insti-
tute until 1932.
From 1932 to 1943, he was the Head of the Department of Tajiki
Language and Literature of the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. Then,
between 1943 and 1947, he was the Director of the Institute of History,
Language, Literature, and Archaeology of the Tajik Division of the
Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He was the Head of the Lit-
erature Division of the Language and Literature Institute of the Acad-
emy of Sciences of Tajikistan between 1948 and 1958. He became a
professor in 1966. From 1963 until 1984, he was the Head of the De-
partment of Classical Tajik Literature at the Tajikistan State University.
At the same time, he became a professor and consultant for the same
university.
Huseynzoda's first articles, dealing with literary criticism, appeared
in 1925. Thereafter, he published a series of articles about the history of
classical Tajik Soviet literature, the theory of literature, tradition and lit-
erary ties, and the principles of class, people, and party in literature.
Huseynzoda's contributions include "Sukhansaroi Panjrud" ("The
Wordmaster of Panjrud," 1958) and "Jalol Ikromi" ("Jalol Ikromi,"
1959). His other contributions include Muntakhiboti Kamoli Khujandi
(Selections from the Works of Kamal Khujandi, 1959), and Divoni
Kamol (Kamal's Complete Works, 1985).
Huseynzoda was recognized as a Distinguished Scientific Contribu-
tor to Tajik Culture in 1960, and won the Rudaki State Prize in 1983.
He also received the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolu-
tion, the Badge of Honor, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Huseynzoda passed away, no date is available.