Lev Losev
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Lev Loseff was a Russia
n poet, literary critic, essayist and educator.
. He attended Leningrad's famous Saint Peter's School
and graduated from the journalism department of the Leningrad State University
.
in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan
and became a professor of Russian literature at Dartmouth College
in Hanover, New Hampshire
, a position he held until his death thirty years later. In his later years Loseff was a Russian-language radio personality and a prolific author, writing both poetry and non-fiction works on Russian literature.
Loseff died on May 6, 2009, in Hanover, NH.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n poet, literary critic, essayist and educator.
Early life and education
The son of poet Vladimir Lifshitz, Loseff was born in LeningradSaint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. He attended Leningrad's famous Saint Peter's School
Saint Peter's School
St. Peters is a Catholic elementary school in Brantford, Ontario.The principal is Anne Evanoff. The school has about 125 students from grades K through 8....
and graduated from the journalism department of the Leningrad State University
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
.
Literary career
Loseff immigrated to the U.S. in 1976. He earned a Ph.D.Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and became a professor of Russian literature at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
, a position he held until his death thirty years later. In his later years Loseff was a Russian-language radio personality and a prolific author, writing both poetry and non-fiction works on Russian literature.
Loseff died on May 6, 2009, in Hanover, NH.
Works
- Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life
- Joseph Brodsky: The Art of a Poem (co-edited with Valentina Polukhina)
- Iosif Brodskii: Trudy i dni (co-edited with Petr Vail)
- On the Beneficence of Censorship: Aesopian Language in Modern Russian Literature
- Poetika Brodskogo
- Brodsky's Poetics and Aesthetics (co-edited with Valentina Polukhina)
- A Sense of Place: Tsarskoe Selo and Its Poets (co-edited with Barry Scherr)
- Eight collections of poetry and prose in Russian.
External links
- http://www.vavilon.ru/texts/prim/losev0.html
- http://www.rvb.ru/np/publication/02comm/10/07losev.htm
- Photographs of Loseff
- Book review of Loseff's biography of Joseph BrodskyJoseph BrodskyIosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky , was a Russian poet and essayist.In 1964, 23-year-old Brodsky was arrested and charged with the crime of "social parasitism" He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters...
. - Interview with Loseff in OgonyokOgonyokOgoniok is one of the oldest weekly illustrated magazines in Russia, issued since . It was re-established in the Soviet Union in 1923 by Mikhail Koltsov....
magazine.