Boris Tomashevsky
Professor Boris Tomashevsky | |
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| Born | November 29, 1890 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | August 24, 1957 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Sorbonna |
| Known for | Literary critic, theorist of poetry and textual criticism, researcher of Pushkin's work, writer |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Literary criticism, Textual criticism, Theory of poetry |
| Institutions | Pushkin House, National Institute of Art History, Leningrad University |
Boris Viktorovich Tomashevsky (Russian: Бори́с Ви́кторович Томаше́вский, IPA: [təmɐˈʂɛfskʲɪj]; 29 November 1890 – 24 August 1957) was a Russian Formalist literary critic, theorist of poetry, textual analyst, historian of Russian literature, Pushkin scholar, translator, and writer. He was a member of the Moscow linguistic circle, the OPOJAZ and the Union of Soviet Writers.