Mirzo Tursunzoda Biography | Poet

Mirzo Tursunzoda (Tajik) (19 April 1911 — 24 September 1977) - was an important poet and a prominent politic 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. He was awarded the Stalin prize .