Samuil Lurie
Samuil Aronovich Lurie (Russian: Самуил Ðронович Лурье; 12 May 1942 – 7 August 2015) was a Russian writer and literary historian.[1][2] Many of his works were published under the pseudonym S Gedroitz (Russian: С. Гедройц).
Biography
Samuil Aronovich Lurie was born in Sverdlovsk to a family of philologists from Saint Petersburg evacuated during World War II. His father, Aron Naumovich Lurie (1913-2003), was a bibliographer, literary historian, Doctor of Philological Science and World War II veteran.
Lurie graduated from Leningrad State University and worked briefly as a village school teacher (1964-1964), then for the National Pushkin Museum in Saint Petersburg (1965-1966). His first publications were in Zvezda magazine (1964). He wrote a coloumn in Zvezda magazine named "Lessons of Belles-Letres" (Russian: Уроки ИзÑщной СловеÑноÑти).
In 1966 he became an editor of the magazine Neva. From 1988-2002 he was editor-in-chief of the prose section. From 2002-12 he worked as an editor of Polden XXI Century, a science fantasy almanac. He authored more than a thousand journal articles.[3]
Lurie was the chairperson of the Russian Booker Prize jury (2012). He was awarded the Zvezda magazine Prize (1993, 2003), the Neva magazine Prize (2002), the Peter Vyazemsky Prize (1997), and the I.P. Belkin Prize (2011).[4] He died in Palo Alto, California, USA on 7 August 2015 at the age of 73.[5]
Books
- Литератор ПиÑарев: роман. Л.: СоветÑкий пиÑатель, 1987; written 1969, original printing destroyed by security organs
- Толкование Ñудьбы (ÑÑÑе). СПб.: Борей, 1994
- Разговоры в пользу мёртвых (ÑÑÑе). СПб.: Urbi, 1997
- УÑпехи ÑÑновидениÑ. СПб.: ИздательÑтво ПушкинÑкого фонда, 2002
- Муравейник. СПб.: ИздательÑтво журнала Ðева, 2002
- Ðечто и взглÑд. СПб.: ИздательÑтво ПушкинÑкого фонда, 2004
- ПиÑьма полумёртвого человека (роман в пиÑьмах). СПб.: ЯнуÑ, 2004 (together with Дм. Циликиным)
- Такой ÑпоÑоб понимать. СПб.: КлаÑÑ, 2007
- Сорок Ñемь ночей. СПб.: Журнал «Звезда», 2008 (under pseudonym С. Гедройц)
- Гиппоцентавр, или Опыты Ñ‡Ñ‚ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð¸ пиÑьма. СПб: Читатель, 2011 (under pseudonym С. Гедройц)
- Железный бульвар. СПб.: Ðзбука, 2012
- Изломанный аршин. СПб.: ПушкинÑкий фонд, 2012
- Меркуцио, Zvezda 2015
References
- ↑ "Умер пиÑатель Самуил Лурье". Meduza. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Ð’ Петербурге ÑкончалÑÑ Ð¿Ð¸Ñатель, иÑторик литературы Самуил Лурье". Echo of Moscow. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Samuil Lurie profile". Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Самуил Лурье". Samuil Lurie's personal site. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.tv100.ru/news/yakov-gordin-samuil-lure-zaveshal-razveyat-ego-prah-v-kalifornii-nad-gorodom-palo-alto-109670/
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