Anna Suvorova


Anna A. Suvorova was a Russian orientalist and art critic. She was bilingual in Russian and Urdu.

Biography

Suvorova was the Head of the Department of Asian Literature at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor of Indo-Islamic culture at the Institute of Oriental and classical cultures, member of the International faculty in National College of Arts, fellow of Academic Advisory Board,, fellow of Royal Asiatic Society.
Areas of professional interest: South-Asian premodern 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.

Selected works