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Niyozi, Shavkat M.
Tajik literary critic Shavkat Muhammadovich Niyozi was born into a
family of workers in Samarqand on December 19, 1927. He is the
brother of Foteh Niyozi, a famous Tajik author. He joined the CPSU in
1962.
Niyozi graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1948.
From 1948 to 1957, he served as a teacher at the same institute and
contributed articles on literary criticism to journals. In 1957, he became
the secretary of the Tajik literary division of the Union of Writers of the

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Soviet Union. Then, for a while, he was a Senior Scientific Worker at

the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan, and an Assistant Professor at the Lunacharskii State Institute
of Dramatic Arts. Niyozi's research deals with aspects of Soviet Tajik
literature. His contributions include "Nazmi epikii Sovetii Tojik dar
Solhoi Jangi Buzurgi Vatani" ("The Soviet-Tajik Epic Poetry During
the Years of the Great Patriotic War," 1968), "Surudi Chashmasor"
("The Song of the Fountain," 1956), "Rohhoi Taraqiyoti Adabiyoti
Sovetii Tojik dar Solhoi 1954 to 1959" ("Paths of the Development of
Tajik Literature from 1954 to 1959"), and "Oid ba Mas'alai An'ana va
Navovari dar Nazmi Tojik" ("Regarding the Question of Tradition and
Innovation in Tajik Poetry," 1971).
Niyozi joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1959. He
was recognized as a Distinguished Educator of Tajikistan in 1976 and
of the Soviet Union in 1978.
Niyozi, Shavkat N.
Tajik linguist Shavkat Norovich Niyozi was born into a farming
family in Bukhara in 1905. He grew up in an orphanage. After finishing
his education, he taught in the schools of Dushanbe and Samarqand.
From 1930 to 1939, Niyozi taught--first at the Tashkent Pedagogical
School and, later, at the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute. From 1940 to
1947, he served at the research center of the Ministry of Education.
From 1947 to the end of his life, he was a Scientific Worker and the
Director of the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
Niyozi's research deals with the application of methodology to
education. He was a major supporter of Latinizing the Tajik script. His
contributions include a two-volume work, Grammatikai Zaboni Tojiki
Phonetika va Morpholgia (The Grammar of the Tajiki Language:
Phonetics and Morphology, 1941) and Grammatikai Zaboni Tojiki
Sintaksis (The Grammar of the Tajiki Language: Syntax). He also has a
number of other works dealing with word and sentence structure of
Tajiki, written specifically for pedagogical use.
Niyozi died in Dushanbe in 1962.

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