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Qurbonova, Hadisa
Tajik poet Hadisa Qurbonova, also referred to as Hadisa, was born in
Khavaling, Kulab, on February 17, 1940. She grew up in an orphanage.
She joined the CPSU in 1977.
Qurbonova graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1963,
and from the Absentee (correspondence) Division of the Moscow In-
stitute of Polygraphy in 1965. From 1963 to 1965, she worked at the
Irfon Publishers, and between 1965 and 1967, she worked at Pioniri
Tojikiston. From 1967 until 1973, she was the Editor of the State Com-
mittee for Radio and Television. In 1973, she served as an Editor for the
State Committee on Polygraphy and Books.
Qurbonova's early poetry appeared in the 1960s in various collec-
tions. Her own collections include Paimon (Pact, 1972); Shukrona
(Thanksgiving, 1980); Nuri Oktiobr (The Light of October, 1981); Dar-
gohi Oftob (The Threshold of the Sun, 1986); and Dunioi Javoni (The
Youth World, 1967).
Patriotism, love of family, pure love, and friendship and peace form
the core meaning of her poetry. The following plays are based on the
lives of her contemporaries: Munisa (Munisa,1976); Duroha (Fork in
the Road, 1978); and Mash'ali Jovid (Eternal Flame, 1984).
Qurbonova joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1978.

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Rabiev, Abdurofe'
Tajik author and journalist Abdurofe' Rabiev was born in the village
of Mihnatabad in the Vakhsh district of the Qurghonteppa province on
November 7, 1951.
Rabiev graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
journalism in 1970. In 1975, he graduated from Moscow University
with a degree in Persian and Tajiki languages and literatures. In 1987,
he received a degree from the Moscow Advanced School of Dramatic
Arts. For a while, he worked in the literature division of the Committee
on Radio and Television of the Republic, and contributed to the weekly
Adolat.
Rabiev contributed many articles and stories focusing on the lives of
workers, farmers, and technicians. He is known to have traveled all
around the republic, pad in hand, recording materials for literary reflec-
tion. His characters, therefore, live and act like actual people engaged in
building a new life.
Rabiev's first stories were published in a collection entitled Obkhiz
(Waterlogged, 1978). His main themes deal with ethics and culture, on
the one hand, and the preservation of ancient traditions of the Tajiks and
the promotion of Tajik nationalism among the youth of Tajikistan, on
the other hand. His other contributions include "Aspi Okharin" ("The
Last Horse," 1982), "Mahabbat va Javonmardi" ("Love and Chivalry,"
1984), 'Qissai Ruzgori Sohibdilon" ("The Story of the True Friends,"
with Otakhon Latifi, 1985), "Intizori" ("Waiting," 1986), and "Dustonro
Namifarushnad" ("Friends Are Not for Sale," 1988).
Rabiev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1983.