PhD in Philology,
Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel)
PhD Thesis:
Aesthetic Principles of Anna Akhmatova's Pre-revolutionary Poetry
Research interests:
History of Acmeism; poetry of the Silver Age; the works of A. Akhmatova, N. Gumilev, O. Mandelstam, A. Blok, I. Annensky, as well as A. Pushkin, V. Nabokov, I. Brodsky.
Professional Service:
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Member of the editorial board of and a contributor to the biographical dictionary “Russian Writers. 1800–1917”
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Member of the editorial board of the journals Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie and Literaturnyi fakt.
- Member of the editorial board of the “Literary Heritage”(1988–1991)
Awards and distinctions:
- Awarded the Andrei Bely Prize (2006)
Teaching Activity:
- Professor of Slavic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a visiting professor, also lectured at the University of California.
Academic publications
Monographs
- The history of the Gumilev Cult. Moscow, Mosty kul'tury Publ., 2018. 690 p.
- Underground Classics: Innokenty Annensky. Nikolai Gumilev. Moscow, Mosty kul'tury Publ.; Jerusalem, Gesharim Publ., 2017. 777 p.
- The Last Poet. Anna Akhmatova in the 60s: in 2 vol. Moscow, Mosty kul'tury Publ.; Jerusalem, Gesharim Publ., 2014.
- So Why. Articles on Russian Literature of the Last Century. Moscow, Mosty kul'tury Publ.; Jerusalem, Gesharim Publ., 2008. 686 p.
- Anna Akhmatova in the 1960s. Moscow, Vodolei Publishers; Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2005. 784 p.
- Anna Akhmatova and Music: Research Essays. Leningrad, Sovetskii kompozitor Publ., 1989. 334 p. (with B.A. Kats)
- “Keeping a Sad Story…”: On the Author and Readers of “The Bronze Horseman”. Moscow, Kniga Publ., 1985. 350 p. (Co-authored with A.L. Ospovat)
Selected Essays
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“A.A. Akhmatova’s Notebooks: The Characters.” Russian Literature, no. 3, 2024, pp. 128–151. https://doi.org/10.31860/0131-6095-2024-3-128-151
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“An Academic Commentary on Modernist Poetry: The Case of Akhmatova.” Slavica Revalensia, vol. 10, 2023, pp. 275–346. https://doi.org/10.22601/SR.2023.10.12
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“On the Composition and Boundaries of the Academic Commentary to the Poetry by A.A. Akhmatova.” Russian Literature, no. 1, 2022, pp. 60–85. https://doi.org/10.31860/0131-6095-2022-1-60-85
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“Akhmatova and Emigrantica.” Literaturnyi fakt, no. 2 (16), 2020, pp. 371 –389. https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2020-16-371-389
