Avril Pyman

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Avril Pyman (aka Dr Avril Sokolov, FBA; born 4 May 1930) is a British scholar and translator of Russian poetry and children's literature. [1] She was a reader in Russian at Durham University [2] and its first female scholar elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. [3] She also wrote a study of Russian symbolism and biographies of Alexander Blok and Pavel Florensky. [4] She is the widow of Russian artist Kirill Sokolov, the father of her daughter Irina (Irene).

Selected works

Selected translations include: [5] [6]

  1. Persian by Gholagha Daneshian, 1989 [7] and also by Ardeshir Nikpour, 2000 [8]
  2. Azeri Turkish by Mohammad Hariri Akbari, 2005 [9]
  3. Sorani Kurdish by Mhamad Hamasaleh Tofigh, 2000 [10]

References

  1. Biography in Debretts
  2. "Dr Avril Pyman FBA".
  3. "Ann Moss" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021.
  4. LRB review of Blok biography
  5. Pyman's books on Worldcat.org
  6. Pyman's books on http://www.netvibes.com/zubovsky_boulevard
  7. Daneshian, G. (1989) Afânehâhye Mashregh Zamin (Tales of the east lands). Tehran: Eshare Publication. ISBN   978-964-5772-39-8. (in Persian)
  8. Nikpour, A. (2000) Afânehâhye Âzarbayjâni Armani Gorji (Azeri, Armenian, and Georgian tales). Tehran: Shokoufe Publication. ISBN   9789643001919. (in Persian)
  9. Hariri Akbari, M. (2000) Ghâfghâz Nâghllâri (Caucasian tales). Tabriz: Akhtar Publication. ISBN   9789645176332. (in Azerbaijani)
  10. Tofigh, M. H. (2000) Khoriyi Zerinn (The Golden Fleece). Sulaymaniyah: Sardam Publication. (in Sorani Kurdish)