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Sadriddin Ayni

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Tajik writer (1878-1954)

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Born
15 April 1878, Sāktare, Emirate of Bukhara , Russian Empire (now Gʻijduvon District , Bukhara Region , Uzbekistan )
Died
15 July 1954 (1954-07-15) (aged 76), Stalinabad , Tajik SSR , USSR (now Dushanbe, Tajikistan )
Awards
Order of Lenin (3) USSR State Prize Hero of Tajikistan Order of Outstanding Merit

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Emirate of Bukhara
Place of death
Dushanbe
Occupation
prose writer
Languages spoken
Persian
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Sadriddin Ayni
date of birth
1878-01-01
name in native language
Садриддин Айнӣ
date of death
1954-01-01
writing language
Uzbek
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Encyclopedic overview

Sadriddin Ayni (Tajik: Садриддин Айнӣ, Persian: صدرالدين عينى, Russian: Садриддин Саидмуродович Саидмуродов; 15 April 1878 – 15 July 1954) was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, journalism, history, and a dictionary. He is regarded by Tajiks as Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers in the country's history.

Biography

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