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geois nationalist. In 1955, Shukurov successfully defended a different

dissertation at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sci-
ences of the Soviet Union, and received his doctorate degree.
In 1945 and 1946, he taught at the Pedagogical Institute of Kulab.
From 1951 to 1953, he taught at the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute.
After the inauguration of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in
April 1951, Shukurov joined the staff of the Rudaki Institute of Lan-
guages and Literatures as a Scientific Worker. In 1957, he became the
Head of the Division of Contemporary Tajik Literature. He held this po-
sition until 1990, when he became the Head of the Republic's Commit-
tee for Terminology. In 1987, he became a full member of the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan.
Shukurov is an untiring contributor to the promotion of the Iranian
culture of the Tajiks. He has researched and presented many of the bi-
ographies of the prominent figures of Tajikistan. In this sense, although
indirectly, he is a major contributor to the present volume.
His contributions include "Rahim Jalil" ("Rahim Jalil," 1959);
"Sotim Ulughzoda" ("Sotim Ulughzoda,"1961); "Vizhagihoi Ghoyavi
va Badii Yoddoshthoi Aini" ("Deep Structure Artistic Peculiarities of
Aini's Reminiscences," 1966); "Nasri Jalol Ikromi" ("Jalol Ikromi's
Prose," 1979); Har Sukhan Joi va har Nukta Makoni Dorad (There Is a
Place for Every Word and for Every Action, 1968, 1985); "Didi
Astetikii Khalq va Nasri Realisti" ("Peoples' Aesthetic Views versus
Realist Prose," 1973); "Pahluhoi Tadqiqi Badii" ("Aspects of Artistic
Research," 1976); "Paivandi Zamonho va Paivandi Khalqho" ("Tempo-
ral Connections and Connections Among People," 1982); "Zaboni Mo,
Hastii Mo" ("Our Language, Our Existence," 1991); and Khuroson Ast
Injo (This is Khurasan, 1996).
Already a member of the International Association of Literary Crit-
ics, Shukurov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1956.
In 1944, he won the Rudaki State Prize, as well as awards for Friend-
ship Among People (1986), the Red Banner of Courage, the 100
th
Anni-
versary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Dusti Prize (1999). In 1991,
Shukurov was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Science in
Tajikistan.
Shukurov has traveled to the United States, India, Iran, and most of
the republics of the former Soviet Union.

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