Yury Tynyanov
Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (1894–1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school. In 1928 he wrote, together with linguist Roman Jakobson, an influential work titled 'Theses on Language', as well as works of historical fiction, such as 'Lieutenant Kijé' and one of the central texts of Russian formalist literary production, 'The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar'.
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WritingBirthday
October 18, 1894Deathday
December 20, 1943Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
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Rezhitsa, Russian Empire [now Rēzekne, Latvia]Also known as
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