Sadriddin Ayni

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

Sadriddin Ayni^[a] (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.
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