C. M. Naim

C. M. Naim (Choudhary Mohammad Naim, born 3 June 1936) is an American writer, scholar, critic, translator and academician of Indian origin. Naim's area of research is Urdu language and literature, as well as South Asian studies. He is the founding editor of the journals [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/annualofurdustudies/ "Annual of Urdu Studies"] and [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/mahfil/ "Mahfil"] (now "Journal of South Asian Literature"), and author of the definitive textbook for Urdu pedagogy in English.

Naim was born in Barabanki, India, and educated at Lucknow University, Central Institute of Languages, Poona, and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1962, he joined the faculty of the [http://southasia.uchicago.edu/about.htm Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations] at the University of Chicago and during the next 40 years, became full professor and served as chairman of the department. Naim is currently professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/naim/ambiguities/index.html "Ambiguities of Heritage (1999)"] and "Urdu Texts and Contexts", a selection of essays displaying a wide range of interests. He is also the translator of Mir Taqi Mir's autobiography Zikr-i-Mir [Zikr-I Mir: The Autobiography of the Eighteenth Century Mughal Poet: Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (1723-1810), by C. M. Naim (University of Chicago), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.] and Deputy Nazeer Ahmad Dehlavi's novel [http://www.urducl.com/Urdu-Books/969-416-203-021/ Tauba-Tul-Nusooh] .

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Bibliography

*"Urdu Reader (with John Gumperz, June Romery, and A. B. Singh). Berkeley: Center for South Asia Studies, University of California" (1960)
*"Conversational Hindi-Urdu, 2 vols. (with John Gumperz and June Romery). Berkeley: ASUC Store, University of California" (1963)
*"Readings in Urdu: Prose and Poetry. Honolulu: East-West Center Press, for the South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Hawaii" (1965)
*"Introductory Urdu, 2 vols. Chicago: Committee on Southern Asian Studies, University of Chicago, 1975. Revised edition, 1980. Third revised edition, Chicago 1999. Also published, New Delhi, (2000)
*"Iqbal, Jinnah and Pakistan: The Vision and the Reality. Ed. by C. M. Naim" (1979)
*"Zikr-i Mir: The Autobiography of the Eighteenth Century Mughal Poet Mir Muhammad Taqi 'Mir' (translated from the Persian, with annotation and introduction)" (1999)
*"Ambiguities of Heritage: Fictions and Polemics."(1999)

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/naim/index.html C. M. NAIM]
* [http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/16-2_Islam/16-2_Naim.pdf Getting Real about Christian-Muslim Dialogue] - Luther Seminary
* [http://chiasmos.uchicago.edu/events/public_intellectual.shtml Audio/Video recordings] of C. M. Naim moderating a panel discussion on "Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Public Intellectual in South Asian Scholarship" at the University of Chicago
* [http://chiasmos.uchicago.edu/events/muslimleague.shtml Audio/Video recording] of C. M. Naim's talk at the Symposium: One Hundred Years of All-India Muslim League - Keynote Address: "A Sentimental Essay in Three Scenes - With An Epilogue" at the University of Chicago.