Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Selected works  





2 References  














Avril Pyman






Русский
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  • ^ "Dr Avril Pyman FBA".
  • ^ https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/2641/19-Memoirs-12-Moss.pdf
  • ^ LRB review of Blok biography
  • ^ Pyman's books on Worldcat.org
  • ^ Pyman's books on http://www.netvibes.com/zubovsky_boulevard
  • ^ Daneshian, G. (1989) Afânehâhye Mashregh Zamin (Tales of the east lands). Tehran: Eshare Publication. ISBN 978-964-5772-39-8. (in Persian)
  • ^ Nikpour, A. (2000) Afânehâhye Âzarbayjâni Armani Gorji (Azeri, Armenian, and Georgian tales). Tehran: Shokoufe Publication. ISBN 9789643001919. (in Persian)
  • ^ Hariri Akbari, M. (2000) Ghâfghâz Nâghllâri (Caucasian tales). Tabriz: Akhtar Publication. ISBN 9789645176332. (in Azerbaijani)
  • ^ Tofigh, M. H. (2000) Khoriyi Zerinn (The Golden Fleece). Sulaymaniyah: Sardam Publication. (in Sorani Kurdish)
  • t
  • e

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avril_Pyman&oldid=1232134837"

    Categories: 
    1930 births
    RussianEnglish translators
    British biographers
    Living people
    Fellows of the British Academy
    British translators
    British women writers
    British women biographers
    Russian studies scholars
    Academics of Durham University
    British academic biography stubs
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with Persian-language sources (fa)
    Articles with Azerbaijani-language sources (az)
    Articles with Sorani Kurdish-language sources (ckb)
    Use British English from October 2016
    Use dmy dates from October 2016
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
    Articles with BNF identifiers
    Articles with BNFdata identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with KBR identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with NKC identifiers
    Articles with NTA identifiers
    Articles with PLWABN identifiers
    Articles with SUDOC identifiers
    All stub articles
     



    This page was last edited on 2 July 2024, at 03:57 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki