Writing
Yury Tynyanov
“Юрий Тынянов”
Born Oct 18, 1894 — Died Dec 20, 1943
From Rezhitsa, Russian Empire [now Rēzekne, Latvia]
Biography
Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (1894–1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school. In 1928 he wrote, together with linguist Roman Jakobson, an influential work titled 'Theses on Language', as well as works of historical fiction, such as 'Lieutenant Kijé' and one of the central texts of Russian formalist literary production, 'The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar'.
Also Known As
Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov Yuri Tynyanov Ю. Тынянов
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