Brian Murphy (scholar)
Arthur Burgess Murphy (2 May 1923 – 15 May 2017), often known as Brian Murphy, was an Irish scholar of Russian literature and Professor Emeritus of the University of Ulster.[1][2]
Murphy was born on 2 May 1923 in Rathdown, Ireland.[3][4][5] He was regarded as an expert on the life and works of Mikhail Sholokhov and edited Robert Daglish's English translation of Sholokhov's best-known work And Quiet Flows the Don.[6] In 1977, he travelled to meet Sholokhov at the latter's hometown of Veshenskaya.[7] He also published a book on Mikhail Zoshchenko. Murphy died in Oxfordshire, England on 15 May 2017, at the age of 94.[8][9]
Selected works
[edit]- Aspectival Usage in Russian
- Mikhail Zoshchenko - A Literary Profile
- Introduction and Commentary to Mikhail Sholokhov's "Tikhiy Don"
References
[edit]- ^ Worldcat.org: Murphy, Brian, 1923–
- ^ "Editorial board". Revolutionary Russia. 6 (2): ebi. 1993. doi:10.1080/09546549308575601.
- ^ "Murphy, Brian, 1923-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: A. Brian Murphy". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Arthur Burgess Murphy in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864–1958
- ^ "The Don Flows Again". archive.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Sholokhov and the Moscow Archives", 2009 Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Russian Library: Sisters of the Cross
- ^ Arthur Burgess Murphy in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
