Alexander V. Lavrov

Lavrov in Tartu

DSc in Philology,

Academician RAS 

Director of Research, Head of the Department of New Russian Literature, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of the Dissertation Counsel,  Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences 

Scopus ID: 56735870700

PhD thesis:

Briusov and Literary Trends of the 1900s (1985)

DSc thesis:

Andrey Bely in the 1900s. Life and Literary Work (1995)

Research interests:

  • history of New Russian Literature,
  • textology,
  • source studies

Professional Service

Member of the Editorial Board of the following series of RAS: “Literary Monuments,” “Literary Heritage,” “Contemporary Russian Studies,” “New Poet’s Library,” Complete Works and Letters by Alexander Blok,” biographic guide “Russian Writers. 1800–1917.”

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Russkaya literatura

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal New Literary Observer

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Die Welt der Slaven

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Literaturny fakt

Distinctions and awards:

2007 — А.S. Pushkin Award for the monograph Russian Symbolists. Essays and Discoveries.

2008 — Andrey Bely Award in “Humanitarian Studies” nomination

 

 

Is the author of over 530 publications, including 7 monographs.

Selected scientific publications

Scopus / Web of Science publications

  • “V.A. Shchegoleva’s Diaries in M.S. Lesman’s Collection.” Russkaia literatura, no. 4, 2021, pp. 148–191. DOI: 10.31860/0131-6095-2021-4-148-191. (In Russ.)
  • “Andrey Bely under the Microscope.” Russkaia literatura, no. 1, 2021, pp. 229–232. DOI: 10/31860/0131-6095-2021-1-229-232. (In Russ.)

Monographs

  • Texts and Comments. From the Materials to the History of Russian Literature in the First Third of the 20th Century. St. Petersburg, Izdatel'stvo Pushkinskogo Doma Publ., Nestor-Istoriia Publ., 2018. 528 p. (In Russ.)
  • Symbolists and Others. Essays. Discoveries. Materials. Мoscow, Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie Publ., 2015. 762 p. (In Russ.)
  • Аndrey Bely. Discoveries and Essays. Мoscow, Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie Publ., 2007. 514 p. (In Russ.)
  • Russian Symbolists. Essays and Discoveries. Moscow, Progress-Pleyada Publ., 2007. 632 p. (In Russ.)
  • Symbolists Zoomed in. St. Petersburg, Skifia Publ., 2004. 400 p. (Co-authored with S.S. Grechishkin). (In Russ.)
  • Essays on Blok. St. Petersburg, Ivan Limbakh Publ., 2000. 319 p. (In Russ.)
  • Аndrey Bely in the 1900s. Life and Literary Work. Мoscow, Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie Publ., 1995. 336 p. (In Russ.)

Selected Essays

  • "Valery Bryusov's "French Project". Russkaya literatura, no. 2, 2019, pp. 143–159. (In Russ.)
  • "D.E.Maksimov". Voprosy Literatury, no. 1, 2019, pp. 224–238. (In Russ.)