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Виктор Борисович Шкловский (Soviet writer)

  • Viktor Shklovsky
  • Wiktor Borissowitsch Schklowski
  • Viktor Schklowskij
  • Виктор Борисович Шкловский
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Шкловский, Виктор Борисович
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Person
Gender
Male
Date of birth
1893-01-24
Place of birth
Sankt-Peterburg
Date of death
1984-12-05
Place of death
Moscow

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Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Бори́сович Шкло́вский, IPA: [ˈʂklofskʲɪj]; 24 January [O.S. 12 January] 1893 – 6 December 1984) was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer. He is one of the major figures associated with Russian formalism.

Viktor Shklovsky's Theory of Prose was published in 1925. Shklovsky himself is still praised as "one of the most important literary and cultural theorists of the twentieth century" (Modern Language Association Prize Committee); "one of the most lively and irreverent minds of the last century" (David Bellos); "one of the most fascinating figures of Russian cultural life in the twentieth century" (Tzvetan Todorov)

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Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer.

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