Aleksandr Zinov'ev

Boris Lanin (Russian Academy of Education, Moscow)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 29 Oct 1922
Died 10 May 2006
Activity 1942-6006

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia; Germany

Activities

Primary

Dissenter
Novelist
Philosopher
Satirist

Resources

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinov'ev [Alexander Zinoviev] became a philosopher by education and academic career, but, after Stalin's death and the political events of the so-called Thaw, he started his career as a man of letters.

Zinov'ev was born in Pakhtina, a village not far from Chukhloma (Kostroma district), on 29th October 1922. He was the sixth of eleven children. When Zinov'ev entered school, he was already literate, and therefore started in the second grade. He could recall entire pages of textbooks, and very soon became a remarkable student. Reading and literature were his favourite school disciplines. He especially liked the works of Mikhail Lermontov, …

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Citation: Lanin, Boris. "Aleksandr Zinov'ev". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 February 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11696, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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