C. M. Naim

Choudhri Mohammed Naim (3 June 1936 – 9 July 2025) was an Indian-born American scholar of Urdu language and literature. He was professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.

Naim was the founding editor of both ''Annual of Urdu Studies'' and ''Mahfil'' (now ''Journal of South Asian Literature''), as well as the author of the definitive textbook for Urdu pedagogy in English. Provided by Wikipedia