SVETOVIDOVA, Irina Anatol’evna. Moscow 3.8.1930 — 6.5.1968. Russian Indologist (Bengali scholar). Daughter of Anatolij Nikolaevič Svetovidov (1903–1985), an Ichthyologist. 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. Istoriko-biologičeskie issledovanija 16:2, 1024, 120-138 (online) has an article about her father and also a photo of the daughter.
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