Английская Википедия:David Matthews (academic)

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David Matthews (Шаблон:Lang-ur; 1942 – 5 March 2021) was a British scholar, author, and translator of Urdu literature and translator of Muhammad Iqbal and Mir Anees poetry in English.[1] He taught Urdu language and Urdu literature for over 30 years (1965–99) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[2] after graduating in Classics at UCL.

Books

Matthews published a number of works relating to Urdu literature,[3] including many translations of significant classical Urdu works.[4] One of his major interests was poetry. His 70 works have appeared in 250 publications in 4 languages and 2091 library holdings.[3]

  • The Courtesan of Lucknow[5]
  • Umrao Jan Ada[6][7]
  • Urdu Literature[8]
  • Complete Urdu Beginner to Intermediate Course[9]
  • Essential Urdu Dictionary[10]

See also

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