 Mirzo Tursunzoda

Mirzo Tursunzoda (, 2 May 1911 — 24 September 1977) was an important Tajikistani and Soviet poet and a prominent political figure, full member (academician) of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, a member of the Union of Soviet Writers.Today Tursunzoda has been elevated to the level of a national hero of Tajikistan.