- Haljand Udam
Haljand Udam (1936 –
December 17 ,2005 ) was an Estonian orientalist and translator. He graduated fromTartu University as a geologist, but soon became interested in Eastern culture, including Ancient Iranian literature. He studied oriental philology inTashkent university andMoscow State University , where he defended his candidate's thesis in 1971 (“On the Special Semantic Aspects of the PersianSufi Terminology”). Udam has translated several works fromArabic (Ibn Tufail), Persian (Rudaki , Saadi,Ali Safi )Urdu ,Tadjik etc into Estonian, includingOmar Khayyam 's Rubaiyat. He also worked as an editor and contributed toEstonian Encyclopedia .Some of his articles on orientalism have also been published in foreign language magazines. Just before his death, Udam managed to finish the translation of
Quran into the Estonian language. It was published on the 19th of December, 2007. Udam was also known as one of the fewConservative Revolution supporters among the Estonian intellectuals.References
*"Haljand Udam in memoriam" http://www.ekspress.ee/viewdoc/A99CF9B6F0552EC5C22570DD003C25C0
*"Haljand Udam - inimene kõrvalteelt", Arter, April 22, 2000 http://arhiiv2.postimees.ee:8080/leht/00/04/22e/lugu12.htmBibliography
*"Orienditeekond", Tallinn 2001, ISBN 9985-77-008-0 (see a review http://20th-century-history-books.com/B0008DAQUI.html)
External links
*http://www.eao.ee/01tekstid/intervjuu_udam.html (Interview with Udam, in Estonian)
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