P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bobokalonova, Jonon
Tajik literary critic Jonon Bobokalonova was born into a worker's
family in the village of Pulodon in Konibodom on September 13, 1929.
She joined the CPSU in 1958.
Bobokalonova graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in
1949. In 1954, she joined the Department of Tajik Literature of the
same institute, teaching the history of Tajik literature, with emphasis on
children's literature. Her contributions, which began in 1950, include
Ba'zi Mulohizaho dar Borai Adabiyoti Bachagonai Tojik (Some Consid-
erations Regarding Literature for Tajik Children, 1954), Asarhoi
Bachagonai M. Mirshakar dar Solhoi Pas az Jang (M. Mirshakar's
Post-War Stories for Children, 1956), and others. She received her doc-
torate degree in philology in 1983 and became a professor in 1985.
Bobokalonova's research deals with the history of the development
of children's literature in Tajikistan. She is also interested in a compara-
tive study of this literature with similar literatures produced in the other
republics of the Soviet Union. Her other contributions include Materi-
alho Oid ba Adabiyoti Bachagonai Tojik (Materials Pertaining to Lit-
erature for Tajik Children, Dushanbe, 1975); Vassofi Buzurgi Zindagi
(The Great Life Expositionist, Dushanbe, 1985); and Tadzhiskaya
Detskaya Literatura (Tajik Children's Literature, Dushanbe, 1982).
\Bobokhojaev, Islom
Tajik physician Islom Yakubovich Bobokhojaev was born in Khu-
jand on August 25, 1915. He joined the CPSU in 1943.
Bobokhojaev graduated from the Tashkent Medical Institute in 1937
and joined the warfront where he served as a military doctor until 1943.
From 1943 to 1947, he was the Head of the Healthcare Division of
Leninabad. From 1947 to 1953, he served as the Acting Minister of
Health in the Republic, and from 1958 to 1961, he was the Head Physi-
cian of the Republic hospitals. Then, from 1961 to 1972, he worked in
the Public Institute of the Study of Social Hygiene.

---

Iraj Bashiri

56
Bobokhojaev has published a number of studies dealing with the es-

tablishment of health organizations in the Republic. He became a doctor
of medicine in 1972, and a professor in 1977. He is one of the first to
establish a health service at the republic level.
Bobokhojaev has received the Badge of Honor, the Order of the Pa-
triotic War 2
nd
class, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of Tajikistan.