Hoshimov, Rahim Tajik author and translator Rahim Muhammadovich Hoshimov, also referred to as Rahim Hoshim, was born to a family of perfume sellers in Samarqand on October 5, 1908. He joined the CPSU in 1943. When still a student, he worked for the Samarqand Daily, as well as for the Maorif and Rahbari Donish monthlies. Between 1934 and 1936, he was an employee of Tajikistan State Publications, and in 1955, be- came a Scientific Researcher for the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Recognized as an enemy of the people on February 2, 1938, he was im- prisoned for ten years. He went to prison again for ten years on the same charge in 1951 but was released and rehabilitated in 1954. Hoshimov has written extensively on the works of Chekhov, Gorkii, Ibn Sina, Firdowsi, Aini, Lahuti, Payrav Sulaymoni, and others. He has contributed to Farhangi Rusi Tojiki (Russian-Tajiki Dictionary, 1933) and Farhangi Zaboni Tojiki (A Dictionary of the Tajiki Language, 1969). His major contributions include Dostonhoi Shohnomai Firdowsi (The Stories of the Shahname of Firdowsi, 1937), Majmuai Ashori Malak al-Shura Bahor (A Compilation of the Poetry of Malak al- Shuara Bahar, 1959), Namunai Ashori Shuaroi Muosiri Afghoniston (Samples of the Poetry of Contemporary Poets of Afghanistan, 1960), Paikarai Buzurgi Nazm (The Lofty Stature of Poetry, 1964), Shuaroi Tojik (Tajik Poets, with M. Levin and R. Hodizoda, 1972), Ibn Sina (Avicenna, 1975), Bo Amri Vijdon (Ordered by Conscience, with Rodi Fisher, 1979) , and Sukhan az Ustodon va Duston (Speaking About the Masters and Friends, 1983). Hoshimov joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1960. He won the Rudaki State Prize in 1970, and the Sadriddin Aini Prize in 1993. He is also the recipient of the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor, the Friendship Among People award. Hoshimov died on October 24, 1993 in Dushanbe.
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