Nationality Tajik Occupation Poet | Name Mirzo Tursunzoda Role Poet | |
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Born May 2, 1911 Karatag, Tajikistan Died September 24, 1977, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | ||
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Mirzo Tursunzoda (Tajik: Мирзо Турсунзода, May 1911 — 24 September 1977) was an important Tajikistani poet and a prominent political figure. Today Tursunzoda has been elevated to the level of a national hero of Tajikistan. Tursunzoda's face appears on the front of the one Somoni note. The town of Tursunzoda is named in his honor. Dushanbe's Memorial and Literature Museum was founded in 1981 in honor of Tursunzoda's 70th anniversary.
He was awarded the Stalin prize.
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