Benazir Bhutto
Dr Anna Suvorova Professor of Indo-Islamic Culture, is currently Head of Department of Asian Literatures at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow). A specialist in Islam in the Indian subcontinent, classical Urdu literature, Indian and Pakistani theatre and representative arts, she frequently lectures on these subjects in the universities around the globe. Professor Suvorova is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS), and some other international scholarly organizations. She has authored among several other books, Masnavi: A study of Urdu Romance (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000); Muslim Saints of South Asia: The Eleventh to Fifteenth Century (London–New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004; Urdu translation—Lahore: Ma‘shal, 2007); Early Urdu Theatre: Traditions and Transformations (Lahore: NCA Publications, 2009); and Lahore: Topophilia of Space and Place (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2011). Suvorova has also translated into Russian many works of Urdu prose and poetry, including Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Qurratul Ain Hyder, and Iftikhar Arif. Professor Anna Suvorova has been conferred the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan for her contribution to research on Pakistani Literature and Cultural Heritage.
ISBN | 9780199401727 |
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Weight in kg | 0.575 |
Rights | World |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Binding | Hardback |
Pages | 348 pages |