Georges Nivat
Georges Nivat (* 1935 in Clermont-Ferrand ) is a retired French Slavist and Russia expert. He has translated works by Alexander Solzhenitsyn into French and is in charge of Russian and Eastern European literature for Editions L'Âge d'Homme in Lausanne.
life and work
The son of Jean Nivat (1906–1987) and Gabrielle Aubouy (1907–2000) studied at the École normal supérieure and the Sorbonne . After stints at the universities of Toulouse and Lille, he was professor at the University of Paris X and the University of Geneva , where he headed the European Institute from 1997 to 2000. He also works at Harvard and Stanford Universities . Essays have appeared in the magazines Esprit (magazine) and Le Débat . Since 1990 he has been a full member of the Academia Europaea .
Works
- Sur Soljenitsyne , Lausanne, L'Âge d'Homme, 1974.
- Soljenitsyne , Paris, Le Seuil, 1980.
- Vers la fin du mythe russe. Essai sur la culture russe de Gogol à nos jours , Lausanne, L'Âge d'Homme, 1982, coll. Slavica .
- Russie-Europe. La fin you schisme. Études littéraires et politiques , Lausanne, L'Âge d'Homme, 1993.
- Vivre en russe , Lausanne, L'Âge d'Homme, 2007.
- Le Phénomène Soljénitsyne , Paris, Fayard, 2009.
- Efim Etkind, Georges Nivat, Ilya Serman et Vittorio Strada, Histoire de la littérature russe (6 vols.) Paris, Fayard, 1987-2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory of members: Georges Nivat. Academia Europaea, accessed on September 22, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nivat, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Slavist and Russia expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |