A Review of Contemporary Poetry in Tajikistan

Mohammad Ismail Lashkari sets contemporary Tajik poetry against a thousand years of pressure on the Persian language in Fararud, beyond the Amu — pressure that has only intensified with time. The Seljuks, the Qarakhanids, the Timurids, the Ashtarkhanids, the Shaybanids, the Manghits and Tsarist Russia all had this much in common: not one of them saw any advantage in the language flourishing. Text in Dari/Persian.

Author: محمد ‌اسماعیل لشکری

Original title: مروری بر شعر معاصر تاجیکستان