Yury Tynyanov

Writing

Biography

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'.

Personal Info

• Known For Writing
• Gender Male
• Birthday October 18, 1894 (49 years old)
• Died December 20, 1943
• Place of Birth Rezhitsa, Russian Empire [now Rēzekne, Latvia]