Frances Pritchett

Frances Pritchett is Professor of Modern Indic Languages in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. Her research interests include classical Urdu ghazal, especially the work of Ghalib and Mir, and traditional narrative genres in Urdu and Hindi. Pritchett's translation of and commentary on Ghalib's ghazals can be found at her Columbia University website, along with links to her many other contributions to the understanding and appreciation of Urdu and Hindi literatures.

• Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics (1994) Book
• The Romance Tradition in Urdu: Adventures from the Dastan of Amir Hamzah (1991) Book
• A Desertful of Roses: The Urdu Ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib' Other