COLETTI, Alessandro. Trieste 1928 — Rome 1985 Italian Linguist. Studied law at Bologna. As teacher in Italian school in Egypt learned Arabic. In 1973-74 in Italian Intitute in Teheran (studied Persian and Kurdish), in 1975 visited Afghanistan and Pakistan (now learned Pashto and Urdu). Professor. Married Hanne Grünbaum (of Denmark, 1940–1988), children. In spite of his industrious work with grammars and dictionaries he is characterized as romantic and naive and the most of his books appeared at his own expense (Rossi).
Publications:Grammatica della lingua persiana; con esercizi, letture, antologia. 320 p. Rome 1977.
– With Hanne Coletti-Grünbaum: Dizionario persiano–italiano. 16+959 p. Rome 1978.
– Grammatica della lingua pashtu afgana e pakistana: con esercizi letture. 139 p. Rome 1980.
– Manuale della lingua Singalese. 122 p. Rome 1980.
– Lessico Italiano-Singalese e Singalese-Italiano. 56 p. Rome 1981.
– Baluchi of Mirjave (Iran). 58 p. Rome 1981.
– Grammatica e dizionario della lingua curda: con esercizi e letture. 1-2. Rome 1984-85 (Mokrī dialect).
– Also wrote on many subjects not relevant in the present context.
Sources: A. Rossi, Encyclopaedia. Iranica 6:1, 1992 (online 2013); stray notes in Internet.
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