Dr. Edgar Knobloch (11 November 1927 – 3 February 2013) was a Czech writer who specialised in the history of

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and the

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. He studied Middle Eastern history at the

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and the Oriental Institute in Prague. He travelled extensively and first visited Central Asia in 1959. He became a fellow of the

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in 1999."Meetings: Session 1998-1999"
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'', Vol. 165, No. 2 (July 1999), p. 250.

Selected publications

Czech and Russian language works

* ''Kulja'' (s Richardem Blahou, Prešov, 1960, rusky) * ''V srdci Ázie'' (1961, slovensky) * ''V srdci Asie'' (první vydání SNDK 1962, česky) * ''Kurdská noc'' (Jean-Richard Bloch; Edgar Knobloch; Vladimír Brett, SNKLU, 1963, česky) * ''V zemi pouští a hor'': výstava fotografií ze Sovětské Střední Asie (s Miloš Hrbas; Náprstkovo Muzeum Asijských, Afrických Amerických kultur, 1964, katalog, česky) * ''Stesky'' (Joachim Du Bellay; Edgar Knobloch; Jan Vladislav, SNKLU, 1964, česky) * ''Smrt Tamerlánova'' (první vydání 1965, Triton, 2003, česky) * ''Putování k Mongolům'' (Johannes de Plano Carpini.; Willelmus de Rubruk.; Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo, SNKLU, 1964, česky) * ''Umění Střední Asie'' (s Milošem Hrbasem, SNKLU, 1965, česky) * ''Encyklopedie umění středověku'' (René Huyghe, první vydání Odeon, 1969, česky) * ''Turkestan : Taschkent, Buchara, Samarkand : Reisen zu den Kulturatätten Mittelasiens'' (s Peter de Mendelssohn, Prestel-Verlag, 1973, München; London; New York: Prestel, 1999, německy) * ''Strach'' (s Věrou Martinkovou, Alfa-Omega, 2001, česky) * ''Návrat nežádoucí'' (Alfa Omega, 2002, česky) * ''Roztroušená rodinka a jiné rozmarné veršíky'' (Alfa-Omega, 2003, česky) * ''Klec'' (Triton, 2003, česky) * ''Sněhurka a čtrnáct trpaslíků'' (Alfa Omega 2007, česky) * ''Nomádi a Rusové'' (Triton, 2008, česky) * ''Cizinec z povolání'' (Alfa-Omega, 2009, česky)

English language works

* ''The art of Central Asia''.

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, London, 1965. * ''Beyond the Oxus: Archaeology, art & architecture of Central Asia''. Benn, London, 1972. * ''Baedeker's Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg''. Prentice Hall, 1984. (co-author) * ''Monuments of Central Asia: A guide to the archaeology, art and architecture of Turkestan''. I. B. Tauris, London, 2001. * ''The archaeology and architecture of Afghanistan''.

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, Stroud, 2002. * ''Russia & Asia: Nomadic & oriental traditions in Russian history''. Odyssey Publications, 2007. * ''Treasures of the great Silk Road''. The History Press, Stroud, 2012.

References

1927 births 2013 deaths Czech male writers Charles University alumni Writers from Prague 20th-century Czech historians Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 21st-century Czech historians {{CzechRepublic-writer-stub

Selected publications

Czech and Russian language works

English language works

See also

References