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Viktor Shklovsky
Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer. He is one of the major figures associated with Russian formalism.
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Born 12 January 1893 · Died 5 December 1984 · Q312467
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Harper's Magazine: Viktor Shklovsky
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1984· 1 entry
Died 1984-12-05.
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1963· 1 entry
And wrote: "I was much impressed by Shklovsky's liveliness of spirit, his varied interests and his enormous culture
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1923· 2 entries
Published his memoirs about the period 1917–22 under the title Сентиментальное путешествие, воспоминания (Sentimental'noe puteshestvie, vospominaniia, A Sentimental Journey), alluding to A Sentimental Journey Through
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(Literature and Cinematography, first English edition 2008)
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1922· 1 entry
Had to go into hiding once again, as he was threatened with arrest and possible execution for his former political activities; he fled via Finland to Germany
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1919· 1 entry
Due to his connections with Maxim Gorky, and decided to abstain from political activity
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1918· 1 entry
The other in 1937) and his sister died from hunger in St
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1917· 1 entry
In the important essay "Art as Technique" (also translated as "Art as Device"), which comprised the first chapter of his seminal Theory of Prose, first published in 1925
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1916· 1 entry
Founded OPOYAZ (Obshchestvo izucheniya POeticheskogo YAZyka—Society for the Study of Poetic Language), one of the two groups (with the Moscow Linguistic Circle) that developed the critical theories and techniques of R
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1915· 1 entry
Became a driving trainer in an armoured-car unit in St
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1893· 1 entry
Born 1893-01-12.
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