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Khalilov was also skilled in adding local color to satiric and comic

roles, intensifying their impact. He participated in a series of films pro-
duced by TajikFilm.
Khalilov became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1956.
Khodoidodzoda, Boboyunus
Tajik poet Boboyunus Khodoidodzoda was born in the village of
Kostrash in Khatlan province in 1870. He received no formal education
other than learning the poetic meters from the poet Mirzo Sho'ir. Elud-
ing the Governor of Baljuan for most of his youth, he was in hiding in
Khujand, Ferghana, Quqand, Tashkent, and Samarqand. In 1916, he
was sent to Russia for service behind the front and did not return until
1919.
His artistic career begins when he returns from the front in 1919. He
sang the Kuroghli epic with exceptional skill, and taught it to some
twenty-five novices, including Sodiq Razzoq, Haqnazar Kabud, and
Qurbonali Rajab. His contributions include Shi'r va Dostonho (Poetry
and Stories, 1941), Bahoduroni Maidoni Jangi Mihani (The Warriors of
the Battlefield of the Great Patriotic War, 1943), Mahabbati Khalq (The
Love of People, 1951), and Surudhoi Hofiz (The Songs of Hafiz, 1967).
Khodoidodzoda died in the village of Chilchila in the Khatlan prov-
ince in 1945.
Khojaev, Muhiddin
Tajik author Muhiddin Olimovich Khojaev was born on November
3, 1938, into the family of Mudarris Khujandi, who lived in exile in the
village of Nicholai Alexandrovskaya in the Stavropol province of Rus-
sia. He joined the CPSU in 1979.
Khojaev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1961 and, for
a while, was responsible for the prose division of Sadoi Sharq and the
translation department of TajikFilm studios. He also served as the Asso-
ciate Director of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan.
Khojaev first collection of short stories, entitled Ba Joi Puzish (In
Place of an Apology), was published in 1961. In his stories, Khojaev ex-
amines social, ethical, and spiritual issues. His other contributions in-
clude Noni Halol (Kosher Bread, 1971), Nishoni Mihr (Indication of
Love, 1974), Otashi Ziri Khokistar (Embers Under the Ashes, 1965),

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Asrori Niokon (Secrets of the Ancestors, 1970), and Shikori Vopasin

(The Last Hunt, 1975).
Khojaev joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1964. He re-
ceived the Badge of Honor and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.