Grigoriy Vinokur

Grigoriy Vinokur
Григорий Винокур
Born(1896-11-17)17 November 1896
Died(1947-05-17)May 17, 1947
Resting placeVvedenskoye Cemetery
NationalityRussian Jew
CitizenshipSoviet
EducationMazing Real School
Alma materMoscow State University
OccupationLinguist
Scientific career
InstitutionsMSU
Gorky Institute of World Literature
Pushkin House
Academic advisorsDmitry Ushakov
Notable studentsAleksey Savchenko

Grigoriy Osipovich Vinokur (Russian: Григорий Осипович Винокур; 17 November, 1896, Warsaw – 17 May 1947, Moscow) was a Russian linguist and literary historian. He was educated in Moscow. After a brief spell as an interpreter in Estonia and Latvia he returned there, remaining for the rest of his life.