Solomon Weniaminowitsch Schereschewski
Solomon Weniaminowitsch Schereschewski ( Russian Соломон Вениаминович Шерешевский ; * 1886 ; † 1958 ) was a Russian journalist and memory artist , who became known in the 1920s.
For decades he took part in memory studies, mainly with the neuropsychologist Alexander Romanowitsch Lurija . In 1965 he published a case study on his 30-year regular experiments with Schereschewski, which appeared in English translation in 1968 and was also translated into German under the title Small portrait of a large memory . It is considered the template for the character of "Asano" in the film Away with Words by Christopher Doyle .
Peter Brook staged an adaptation of the biography in Paris.
literature
- AR Lurija : The mind of a mnemonist. 1968, ISBN 0-674-57622-5 .
- The absolute memories from Funes to Schereschewski. In: Douwe Draaisma : Why life goes by faster when you get older. Piper, 2006.
Web links
- The man who couldn't forget . Tagesspiegel , December 30, 2002.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schereschewski, Solomon Weniaminowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шерешевский, Соломон Вениаминович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian journalist and memory artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1886 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1958 |