Famous Tajik scholar Sattor Tursun has passed away

On the evening of June 5, the famous Tajik writer and literary figure Sattor Tursun passed away. This was reported on social media by his relatives and students.

The deceased dedicated his entire life to creative activities and research, and was well-known both in the country and beyond its borders.

The writer was born in 1946 in the Baysun district of the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan. In 1970, he graduated from the Tajik State National University with a degree in Oriental Studies – Arabic Philology.

Sattor Tursun was a laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tajikistan named after Abuabdullo Rudaki, a member of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan, and an Honored Worker of Culture of Tajikistan.

He previously held various positions, including at different times serving as head of a department, deputy editor-in-chief, and editor-in-chief of the literary-artistic and socio-political monthly magazine “Sadoi Shark,” and was a member of the editorial board of the magazine “Farhang,” among others. He was also the first press secretary of Emomali Rahmon in 1993, but he did not hold this position for long.

He is the author of dozens of works, including “Three Days of One Spring,” “Father,” “The Bow of Rustam,” “The Star of Korvonkush,” “Silence of the Peaks,” and others.