Juri Lotman
Estonian-Russian semiotician, literary scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juri Lotman (Russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Ло́тман; 28 February 1922 – 28 October 1993) was a prominent Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian of Russian culture, who worked at the University of Tartu. He was elected a member of the British Academy (1977), Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1987), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1989) and Estonian Academy of Sciences (1990). He was a founder of the Tartu–Moscow Semiotic School. The number of his printed works exceeds 800 titles. His archive (which is now kept at the University of Tallinn and at the Tartu University Library) which includes his correspondence with a number of Russian and Western intellectuals, is immense.
Juri Lotman | |
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Born | (1922-02-28)28 February 1922 |
Died | 28 October 1993(1993-10-28) (aged 71) |
Education | Leningrad State University |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Tartu–Moscow Semiotic School |
Institutions | University of Tartu |
Main interests | Semiotics |