SVETOVIDOVA, Irina Anatol’evna. Leningrad 3.8.1930 — 6.5.1968. Russian Indologist (Bengali scholar). Daughter of an official. Grew up in Leningrad (the family moved there in 1931), during WW II in Udmurtia. Graduated 1955 from Leningrad Oriental Faculty. In 1957-68 naučnyj sotrudnik at Leningrad Oriental Institute, in 1965-68 also taught at Oriental Faculty. About 20 publications, e.g.:
Publications: Translated: “R. Tagor, Poslednjaja poèma”, R. Tagor, Sočinenija. 3. M. 1956, 206-311; “R. Tagor, Počta”, R. Tagor, P’esy. M. 1957, 185-212, also in R. Tagor, Sobr, soč. 7. M. 1964, 287-310.
– Articles on Bengali grammar.
Sources: Miliband 1995.
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