Professor Boris Tomashevsky | |
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Born | Saint Petersburg, Russia | November 29, 1890
Died | August 24, 1957 Gurzuf | (aged 66)
Nationality | Russian |
Education | PhD |
Alma mater | Sorbonna |
Known for | Literary critic, theorist of poetry and textual criticism, researcher of Pushkin's work, writer |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Literary criticism, Textual criticism, Theory of poetry |
Institutions | Pushkin House, National Institute of Art History, Leningrad University |
Boris Viktorovich Tomashevsky (Russian: Бори́с Ви́кторович Томаше́вский, IPA: [təmɐˈʂɛfskʲɪj]; 29 November 1890 – 24 August 1957) was a Russian Formalist literary critic, theorist of poetry, textual analyst, historian of Russian literature, Pushkin scholar, translator, and writer. He was a member of the Moscow linguistic circle, the OPOJAZ and the Union of Soviet Writers.