Yurij Yakovlevitch Glazov


Yurij Yakovlevitch Glazov, sometimes cited as J. J. Glazov, was a Russian Indologist known for his studies in Tamil and Malayalam languages and classical literature. He received his doctorate degree in 1962 for his studies on the classical Tamil language with a focus on Tirukkural. He worked at Moscow 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 texts Tirukkural and the Cilappatikaram into the Russian language.
In a review of linguistic studies on Tamil literature, the Czech scholar of Tamil literature Kamil Zvelebil wrote, 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".

Publications

Glazov's Indology publications included: