| Igor Mikhailovich Diakonov | |
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| Born | December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) Petrograd |
| Died | May 2, 1999 St Petersburg |
| Residence | Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Ancient Near East and its languages |
| Institutions | Oriental Institute, St Petersburg Branch |
| Alma mater | St Petersburg University |
| Known for | contributions to the study of the Ancient Near East and its languages |
Igor Mikhailovich Diakonov (Russian: И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert in the Ancient Near East and its languages.
Diakonov, whose brothers were also distinguished historians, was brought up in Norway and graduated from the Leningrad University in 1938, joining the staff of the Hermitage Museum the same year. In 1949, he published a comprehensive study of Assyria, followed by the monograph on Medea in 1956. Later, he teamed with the linguist Sergei Starostin to produce authoritative studies of the Caucasian, Afro-Asiatic and Hurro-Urartian languages.
He was honored with a volume published in his memory in 2003, edited by M. Lionel Bender, Gábor Takács, and David Appleyard. In addition to articles on Afro-Asiatic languages, it contains a five page list of his publications, compiled by Takács (p. viii-xii).
Bender, M. Lionel and Gábor Takács. 2003. Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies in Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff. Münich: LINCOM Europa.
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