Mirsaid Mirshakar or Mirsaid Mirshakarov (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,

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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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Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

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 (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

*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 (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

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" (russian: link=no, Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения Владимира И ...

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour awar ...

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

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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