Mirsaid Mirshakar or Mirsaid 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.

Life and career

Mirsaid Mirshakar was the son of a farmer, born in the village of Sindev, Pamir,

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, now

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. He graduated from the Central Soviet Party School in

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in 1930, and his works began to appear in print the same year. He became a member of the

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in 1944 and was the

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of the

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in 1962. From 1932 to 33, Mirshakar served as the editor of the newspaper ''Sokhtmoni Vakhsh''. He wrote narrative poems glorifying historic events in the life of the Tajik people after the

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. 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 critic Jonon Bobokalonova. 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.

Honors and awards

*Two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

*Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour *Two Orders of the Badge of Honour *

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples () was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in s ...

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" () was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 5, 1969 to commemo ...

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a World War II civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on June 6, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise the valian ...

* Stalin Prize

Works

Selected works include: *''The Golden Kishlak'', 1942 *''She’rho va poëmaho'', Dushanbe, 1945 *''The Turbulent Piandzh'', 1949 *''She’rho va dostonho'', Dushanbe, 1954 *''Lenin in the Pamirs'', 1955 *''Kulliyot'', parts 1–3, Dushanbe, 1970–73 *''Stikhotvoreniia i poemy'', Moscow, 1951 *''Love and Duty'', 1962 *''Lenin’s Gaze'', 1962 *''Liubov’ i dolg. Poemy'', Moscow, 1964 *''Polovod’ia zhizni'', Moscow, 1972 ;Plays: *''Tashbek and Gul’kubran'', 1946 *''The Golden Kishlak'', 1949 *''My City'', 1951

References

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