Alexander Nikolayevich Senkevich (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Сенке́вич, born 1941) is a

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philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

, translator from

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, writer, and poet. Also he is known as

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's biographer.

Biography

Born in Moscow,

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, Senkevich studied

Indian literature Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Republic of India has 22 officially recognised languages. The earliest works of Indian literature were o ...

Institute of Oriental Languages The Institute of Oriental Languages was founded in 1956 on the basis of a number of departments belonging to History and Philology faculties of Moscow State University. N.A. Smirnov became the first rector (1956–1958). In 1972 the institute was ...

. From 1970 he works for

Gorky Institute of World Literature The Gorky Institute of World Literature (IMLI; russian: Институт мировой литературы им. А. М. Горького РАН) is a research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Not to be confused with the G ...

. He translated many works of eminent Hindi poets of 20th-century:

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, Ganga Prasad Vimal,

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. In 1990 he obtained his

Doktor nauk Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...

diploma. Senkevich is author of over 100 articles, many books and brochures. Senkevich is a member of

Union of Russian Writers The Union of Russian Writers (russian: Союз российских писателей, translit=Soyuz rossiyskikh pisateley) is a non-governmental organization uniting Russian and writers (novelists, poets, essayists, etc.). It was established i ...

. His first verses have been published in 1967 in ''

Komsomolskaya Pravda ''Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (russian: link=no, Комсомольская правда; lit. "Komsomol Truth") is a daily Russian tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper, founded on 13 March 1925. History and profile During the Soviet era, ...

''. He took part in large scientific Indological conferences (1983, 1986, 1989). He is an initiator and the head of many Transhimalaya expeditions. In 1999 he became the head of "Russia-India Society."

Publications

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Translations

* ''На ступеньках в солнцепёк.'' (1978) (in co-authorship) * ''Из современной индийской поэзии.'' (1980) (in co-authorship) * Сахай Рагхувир. ''Избранное.'' (1983) * ''Индийская поэзия ХХ века, том 1.'' (1990) * ''Индийская поэзия ХХ века, том 2.'' (1990)

Poetry

* ''Случайная игра.'' (1994) * ''Чувство бытия.'' (2002) * ''Мерцающая тьма.'' (2004) * ''Предвестие.'' (2007) * ''Западание клавиш.'' (2010) * ''Скользящие тени.'' (2011)

External links

Биографическая справка
на сайте издательства ''Молодая гвардия''.
Сенкевич и другие
Публикация Культурного центра им. Н. К. Рериха.

References

Sources

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