Vladimir Propp | |
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.jpg) Vladimir Propp in 1928 | |
| Born | Hermann Waldemar Propp 29 April 1895 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 August 1970 (aged 75) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Occupation | Folklorist, scholar |
| Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
| Subject | Folklore of Russia, folklore |
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1895 – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible structural units.