P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Safarzoda
See Safarov, Ghoib.
Safia Hakimova
See Hakimova, Sa'diniso.
Safieva, Gulrukhsor
Tajik poet and author Gulrukhsor Safieva, also referred to as
Gulrukhsor Safi, was born in the village of Yakhch in Komsomolabad
on December 17, 1947. She joined the CPSU in 1968.
Safieva graduated from the Tajikistan State University with a degree
in Persian language and literature in 1968, and was employed by Kom-
somoli Tojikiston. In 1972, she became the Chief Editor of Pioniri Toji-
kiston. In 1981, Safieva was appointed the Director of the Union of
Writers of Tajikistan, and in 1987, the Chief of the Cultural Foundation
of Tajikistan.
Safieva's first poem was published locally in Qarotegini Shavravi in
1962. "Az Shabi Dirav" ("From the Harvest Night," 1975); "Motami
Safid" ("The White Wake," 1983); and "Takhti Sangin" ("Stone
Throne," 1989 are among her early works. Her poetry collection, Marzi
Nomus ( The Limit of Honor), originally published in 1987, was repub-
lished in 1990 under the title of Zanoni Sabz Bahor (The Women of
Sabz Bahar). This collection depicts the plight of the women of the Ku-
histan region during the Second World War.

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In 1991, protesting the Tajik Parliament's lack of respect for the law,

Safieva participated in a hunger strike. Her major works include
"Bunafsha" ("Violet," 1970); "Khonai Pidar" ("Father's House," 1973);
"Afsonai Kuhi" ("Mountain Legend," 1975); "Dunyoi Dil" ("The Uni-
verse of the Heart," 1977), "Ikhlos" ("Sincerity," 1980); "Otashi Sughd"
("The Sughd Fire," 1981); "Oinai Ruz" ("The Mirror of the Day,"
1984); "Ruhi Uryon" ("Naked Soul," 1983); "Kabkho" ("The Par-
tridges," 1983); "Ruhi Bokhtar" ("The Spirit of the West," 1987);
"Zilzila" ("Earthquake," 1995); and many others.
Safieva joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1971, and
garnered the Komsomoli Lenin Prize in 1978. She also received the Red
Banner of Courage and the 100
th
Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin
Prize.