Yurij Yakovlevitch Glazov

Yurij Yakovlevitch Glazov(1929–1998), sometimes cited asJ. J. Glazov,was a Russian-CanadianIndologistknown for his studies in Tamil and Malayalam languages and classical literature.

Biography

He received his doctorate degree in 1962 for his studies on the classicalTamil languagewith a focus onTirukkural.He worked atMoscow State University,and published many articles on Tamil and Malayalam literature. He collaborated with other Indologists such as M. Andronov, S. Rudin, Kamil Zvelebil, Chandra Shekhar and A Krishnamurti.He is credited with the first translations of the Tamil textsTirukkuraland theCilappatikaraminto the Russian language.

In a review of linguistic studies on Tamil literature, the Czech scholar of Tamil literatureKamil Zvelebilwrote, Glazov published a "number of very important papers where he treated systematically and in detail the morphophonology and morphology of classical literary Tamil; all his papers are characterized by meticulous attention to details and sound methodological approach".

As aSoviet dissidentfacing constant harassment by theKGBby 1972, he moved toHalifax, Nova Scotiain 1975, where he became Professor in the Department of Russian Studies atDalhousie Universityuntil 1995. Dalhousie University has since 2006 presented an annual Yuri Glazov Memorial Award in his honour.

His sonJamie Glazovis a writer based in the United States.

Publications

Glazov's Indology publications included:

• Yazyk Malayalam(The Malayalam Language), Moscow, 1961
• Thirukkural(in Russian), Tr. from Tamil, 1963, 156 p.
• Morfiemnyj sostav tamiljskogo klassichieskogo yazyka(Morpheme inventory of Classical Tamil), 'Narody Azii i Afriki', 3, 1962, p. 139-152.
• Mprfofoniemika i sintaktofoniemika klassichiesskogo tamiljskogo yaz(Morphophonemics and Sintactophonemics of the Classical Tamil), 'Voprosy Yazykoznaniya', No. 3, 1964, p. 88-98.
• Sochietaye'mostj i poriadok morfem imiennogo slovoobrazovaniya i slo-voizmienieniya Tirukkurala,KSINA, 1964, 62, p. 79-95.
• Morftemy aorista v drievnietamiljskom yazykie(The Morphemes of Aorist in Ancient Tamil), NKYIPTN, p. 28-29.
• K probliemie tipologichieskogo shodstva dravidiyskih i tjurkskih yazy¬kov(On the problem of typological affinity between Dravidian and Turkish languages), 'Lingvistichieskaya tipologiya i vostochnyje yazyki' (LTVY), 1965, p. 205-212.
• Glagoljnaya forma na -are v kannada(Verbal construction with -are in Kannada), KSINA, 1964, No. 68, pp. 31–39.