Gulnazar Keldi
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Gulnazar Keldi (Tajik: Гулназар Келдӣ; 20 September 1945 – 13 August 2020) was a Tajikistani poet from Dardar[1][2] and editor of the publication Adabiyet va sanat (Literature and Art).[3] Keldi wrote the lyrics of "Surudi Milli", the national anthem of Tajikistan.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Dardar, Falgar District, within the Leninabad Region (now the Sughd Region).His father was Keldi Mirzoev and his mother Lola Mirzoeva.
In 1966 he graduated from the Faculty of Literature and Language of the Tajik State University in Dushanbe. Immediately after graduation, he began working as a correspondent, later as deputy editor-in-chief of the youth newspaper “Komsomol of Tajikistan”. In 1968, Keldiev became a member of the Union of Journalists of the Tajik SSR. In 1973, he moved to the position of deputy director of the literary magazine “Sadoi Sharq” (“Voice of the East”). In 1975-1977, he was a translator for Soviet specialists in Afghanistan. In 1977, he returned to work at the literary magazine Sadoi Sharq. He worked as the head of the magazine's department until 1991.
He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan.[4] Buried at the Luchob cemetery in Dushanbe.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Sobir, Bozor (1996). "Three Tajik Poets". World Literature Today. 70.
- ^ Soviet Literature. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1981. p. 188. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004. Europa Publications. 2003. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-85743-187-2.
- ^ Даргузашти муаллифи суруди миллӣ Гулназар Келдӣ дар бемористон (in Tajik)
- ^ "Ушёл из жизни автор слов гимна Таджикистана поэт Гулназар". Радио «Свобода». 2020-08-13. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
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