Mikhail Gasparov

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Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov in 1995

Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov (

Russian Academy of Science.[1]

In 1995, Mikhail Gasparov was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.

In 1997, he shared the Little Booker Prize with Aleksandr Goldstein for their publications analysing Russian literature from a historical-philosophical point of view.[2]

In 1999, Gasparov was awarded the Andrei Bely Prize for his essay collection Notes and excerpts (Russian: Записи и выписки).[3][4] Gasparov was also a poet. He published translations of classical and modern European poetry, yet only one of his own poems was published during his lifetime.[3]

Gasparov was a member of the editorial board of Literary Monuments (

Elementa (United States), and Rossica Romana (Italy).[5]

Mikhail Gasparov published about 300 articles, translations and other works, including the monographs Fable in Antiquity (Russian: Античная литературная басня, 1971), Modern Russian Versification (Russian: Современный русский стих. Метрика и ритмика, 1974), Overview of the History of Russian Versification (Russian: Очерк истории русского стиха: Метрика, ритмика, рифма, строфика, 1984), Overview of the History of European Versification (Russian: Очерк истории европейского стиха, 1989).[6]

During his last years Gasparov was actively engaged in publishing the collected works of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.[6]

Commemorating Mikhail Gasparov, the Russian State University for the Humanities organises annual conferences dedicated to the main fields of Gasparov's academic research --

classical philology and Russian literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[7]

Publications

Articles in periodicals

Contributions to books

  • 'Columbus's Egg, or the Structure of the Novella', in Persistent Forms: Explorations in Historical Poetics, ed. I. Kliger, B. Maslov. New York, 2016, 392–396
  • 'An Anthology without Names: 88 Contemporary Poems Selected by Z. Gippius', in Liber, fragmenta, libellus prima e dopo Petrarca: in ricordo di D'Arco Silvio Avalle: seminario internazionale di studi, Bergamo, 23-25 ottobre 2003, ed. F. Lo Monaco, L. C. Rossi, N. Scaffai. Firenze, 2006, 405–409
  • 'Quantitative Methods in Russian Metrics: Achievements and Prospects', in Metre, Rhythm, Stanza, Rhyme, ed. G. Smith. Colchester, 1980. (Russian Poetics in Translation, 7), 1–19
  • 'Light and Heavy Verse Lines', in Metre, Rhythm, Stanza, Rhyme, ed. G. Smith. Colchester, 1980. (Russian Poetics in Translation, 7), 31–44
  • 'Towards an Analysis of Russian Inexact Rhyme', in Metre, Rhythm, Stanza, Rhyme, ed. G. Smith. Colchester, 1980. (Russian Poetics in Translation, 7), 61–75

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Умер филолог Михаил Гаспаров" (in Russian). November 7, 2005.
  2. . Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  3. ^ a b "Summary". Нло: Независимый Филологический Журнал (82). 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. ^ http://www.guelman.ru/slava/beliy/laur1978-2001.htm Лауреаты Премии Андрея Белого
  5. ^ "Гаспаров Михаил Леонович (1935 - 2005) - РГГУ.РУ". Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-09-06. Гаспаров Михаил Леонович (1935 – 2005)
  6. ^ a b В Москве скончался литературовед и филолог Михаил Гаспаров (in Russian). Lenta.ru. November 7, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  7. ^ http://www.litkarta.ru/russia/moscow/persons/gasparov-m/ Михаил ГАСПАРОВ – Биография

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