Alexander V. Lavrov
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
- “ʽA Familiar Khlebnikov Specialist in Kiev.’ For the 85th Jubilee of A.E. Parnis.” Literaturnyi fakt, no. 1 (27), 2023, pp. 246–257. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2023-27-246-257
- “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.)