Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Literature ===
[[File:Mirsaid-mirshakar.jpg|thumb|left|Mirsaid Mirshakar]]

The first printing press in Tajikistan was created in August 1924, the Tajik State Publishing House, the Donish Publishing House was founded in 1944.<ref name="Mulloev-2009" /> In 1925 4 books were printed, which grew to 13 in 1926. In 1930, Sadriddin Ayni wrote the first Tajik novel, Dokhunda.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Seay|first=Nicholas|date=2020-12-15|title=Soviet-Tajik Writing Intelligentsia in the Late 1930s|journal=RUDN Journal of Russian History|volume=19|issue=1|pages=119–135|doi=10.22363/2312-8674-2020-19-1-119-135|issn=2312-8690|doi-access=free}}</ref> Publishing houses established in 1934 and the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan publishing house dramatically increased book production in the city.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004g">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65068362|title=Dushanbe : ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡|publisher=Glavnai︠a︡ nauchnai︠a︡ redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Tadzhikskoĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnoĭ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii|others=Dinorshoev, Muso.|year=2004|isbn=5-89870-071-4|location=Dushanbe|chapter=Print, Radio, and Television|oclc=65068362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028115236/http://dushanbe.tj/img/ENS.doc|archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref> The Maorif Publishing House was created in 1975.<ref name="Mulloev-2009" /> In 2004, there were 30 publishing companies in the city.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004g" />

Dushanbe became the center of Tajik literature in the 1920s with figures such as [[Sadriddin Ayni]], [[Abolqasem Lahouti]], and [[Payrav Sulaymoni]] along with new Soviet literature calling for revolution and social equality and Tajik nationalist literature. Children's books and translated works also had their beginnings in this period. In the 1930s, young Russian writers influenced the literature of the city, part of the "Komsomol generation." The themes often touched on the rapid development of Dushanbe during the 30s.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004i">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65068362|title=Dushanbe : ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡|date=2004|publisher=Glavnai︠a︡ nauchnai︠a︡ redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Tadzhikskoĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnoĭ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii|others=Dinorshoev, Muso.|isbn=5-89870-071-4|location=Dushanbe|chapter=Literary Life|oclc=65068362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028115236/http://dushanbe.tj/img/ENS.doc|archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref>

During World War 2, literature shifted towards patriotic and militaristic themes of protecting the motherland in shorter formats than novels. Messages from the frontlines and satires became popular. Russian literature also became known, partially due to the movement of factories and people from the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|frontlines of the war]] to the east. After the war, prose works and poetry, with poets like [[Mirzo Tursunzoda]], became more popular along with the continuation of genres from previous decades. Literary criticism developed along with analysis of individual writers.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004i" />

From the 1950s, the historical revolutionary genre developed, prompting authors to use history for inspiration. In the 60s the new genre of science fiction began in the city with writers like [[Mirsaid Mirshakar]]. In the 70s and 80s the themes of disorder gained more prominence, not coincidentally soon before the Soviet Union's collapse. In poetry, civic and philosophical lyrical themes were most popular.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004i" /> After independence, previously forbidden subjects like religion started to appear in literature, along with reflections on the civil war and a more international scene has developed in the city.<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004i" />
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