Sotim Ulughzoda (Сотим Улуғзода in Tajik, russian: Сатим Улугзаде, Satim Ulugzade, born September 11, 1911 — died June 25, 1997) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

Tajik writer. He was born in Varzyk in the

Namangan Namangan (; ) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Administratively, it is a district-level city. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than 30 ...

region of

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and was educated at the Tajik Institute of Education in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

. He started publishing in the 1930s and became established as a critic, translator and playwright. He served in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

during the

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, and wrote several plays on military themes. He also wrote several novels and film scripts. His biographical play on the Tajik

national poet A national poet or national bard is a poet held by tradition and popular acclaim to represent the identity, beliefs and principles of a particular national culture. The national poet as culture hero is a long-standing symbol, ...

Rudaki Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; fa, رودکی; 858 – 940/41) was a Persian poet, singer and musician, who served as a court poet under the Samanids. He is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. Said to have composed more tha ...

became the basis for the 1959 film ''

The Fate of the Poet ''A Poet's Fate'' (russian: Судьба поэта) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by . Plot The film tells about the Iranian poet Rudaki, the founder of Persian poetry. Cast * Marat Aripov as Rudaki * Nozukmo Shomansurova * Makhmud ...

''. As a translator, Ulugzade translated the works of

Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

, Gorky, Ostrovsky,

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career a ...

and Goldoni into the

Tajik language Tajik (Tajik: , , ), also called Tajiki Persian (Tajik: , , ) or Tajiki, is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan by Tajiks. It is closely related to neighbouring Dari with which it forms a continuum of mutually intelli ...

. He died in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

in 1997. The Tajik State Institute of Languages is named in his honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulugzade, Satim 1911 births 1997 deaths People from Namangan Region People from Fergana Oblast Tajikistani writers Soviet male writers Soviet screenwriters Soviet military personnel of World War II Members of the Tajik Academy of Sciences