Mirsaid Mirshakar | |
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| Born | 5 May 1912 |
| Died | 1 August 1993 (aged 81) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, dramatist, editor |
Mirsaid Mirshakar orMirsaid Mirshakarov (Russian: Мирсаид Миршакар или Миршакаров; 5 May 1912 – 1 August 1993) was a Soviet and Tajikistani poet, writer, dramatist and editor. A representative of the Supreme Council of the SSR of Tajikistan, a member of the Central Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan, the chairman of the Republican Committee of Sympathy with Asian and African Countries, a member of the Presidium of the Soviet Committee of Sympathy with Asian and African Countries, a member of the board of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan.
Mirsaid Mirshakar was the son of a farmer, born in the village ofSindev,Pamir,Russian Empire, nowGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province,Tajikistan. He graduated from the Central Soviet Party School inDushanbe in 1930, and his works began to appear in print the same year. He became a member of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union in 1944 and was thePeople's Poet of theTajik Soviet Socialist Republic in 1962.
From 1932 to 33, Mirshakar served as the editor of the newspaperSokhtmoni Vakhsh. He wrote narrative poems glorifying historic events in the life of the Tajik people after theOctober Revolution. Mirshakar was considered one of the founders of Tajik children's literature. His writings for children were the subject of the doctoral thesis of literary criticJonon Bobokalonova.[1]
Mirshakar served as the executive secretary of the Writers’ Union in Tadzhik from 1940 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1959. He also served in a number of administrative positions, including Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR. For his service as a poet, Mirshakar was awarded several state prizes for his works.[2]
Selected works include:
