Masnavi: A Study of Urdu Romance

by Anna Suvorova, M. Osama Faruqi (Translator)

This work takes a look at the romantic masnavi - the classical genre of Urdu literature - focusing on love-adventure poems written in northern India from the 17th to the 19th century. For her study and analysis, the author focuses on the most renowned classical masnavis in Urdu.

291 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2000

About the author

Anna A. Suvorova is a Russian Orientalist and art critic. She is bilingual in Russian and Urdu. A recognized scholar, she frequently lectures at universities all over the world.

Suvorova is the Head of the Department of Asian Literature at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Professor of Indo-Islamic culture at the Institute of Oriental and classical cultures (Russian State University for the Humanities), member of the International faculty in National College of Arts (Pakistan), fellow of Academic Advisory Board, Centre for Study of Gender and Culture (Pakistan), fellow of Royal Asiatic Society (UK).

Her areas of professional interest include: South-Asian pre-modern literature, Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Sufism, South-Asian performing and visual arts.

For her contribution to the research of Pakistani literature and cultural heritage she has been conferred one of the highest state awards of Pakistan — Sitara-i-Imtiaz.