Boris Eikhenbaum

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Boris Eikhenbaum
Борис Эйхенбаум
Born(1886-10-16)16 October 1886
Died2 November 1959(1959-11-02) (aged 73)
Burial placeBogoslovskoe Cemetery
NationalityRussian Jew
EducationSaint Petersburg State University
Occupation(s)Literary critic, historian
OrganizationOPOJAZ
MovementRussian formalism
RelativesJacob Eichenbaum (grandfather)
Vsevolod Eikhenbahum (brother)

Boris Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum[1] (Russian: Борис Михайлович Эйхенбаум, IPA: [ɨjxʲɪnˈbaʊm]; 16 October 1886 – 2 November 1959) was a Russian Empire and Soviet literary scholar and historian of Russian literature. He is a representative of Russian formalism.

Biography

Eikhenbaum was born in

Military Medical Academy, soon thereafter in 1906, he enrolled in the biological faculty of the Free High School of P. F. Lesgaft. In parallel he studied music (violin, piano, voice). In 1907 Eikhenbaum left this school and enrolled in the Musical school of E. P. Raprof and the historical-philological faculty of Saint Petersburg State University. In 1909, Eikhenbaum abandoned professional aspirations in music, choosing in favor of philology. In this same year after two years of study in the Slavic-Russian department, Eikhenbaum transferred to the Romance-Germanic department; however, in 1911, he returned to the Slavic-Russian department. In 1912, Eikhenbaum finished his university studies. From 1913 to 1914, Eikhenbaum published in a number of periodicals, and conducted reviews of foreign literature in the newspaper «Русская молва». In 1914, Eikhenbaum began his pedagogical activities, and became a teacher in the school of Y. G. Gurevich.[3][4][5][6]

A key moment in the biography of Eikhenbaum was his involvement with other members of the Society for the Study of Poetic Language (

, but was able to continue his science. Eikhenbaum died at the age of 73 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in 1959.

Literary works

Notes

  1. ^ Also transliterated Eichenbaum.
  2. ^ "Eichenbaum (Gelber), Jacob". Encyclopaedia Judaica.
  3. ^ Николай Мельников, Борис Эйхенбаум. Жизнь в слове Лехаим, Октябрь 2006
  4. ^ Электронная Еврейская Энциклопедия, Эйхенбаум Борис
  5. ^ Энциклопедия Кругосвет, Эйхенбаум, Борис Михайлович
  6. ^ Hugh Mclean, Two Decades of a Russian Giant, The New York Times, 18 April 1982
  7. ^ Any, p. 195

Further reading

  • Horowitz, Brian (2015), "Battling for Self-Definition in Soviet Literature: Boris Eikhenbaum's Jewish Question", Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie, 12 (2): 379–392, .

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