Omry Ronen (born Imre Szörényi) (July 12, 1937 in
Odessa
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– November 1, 2012 in
Ann Arbor
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) was an American
Slavist
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, known for his works on the
Silver Age of Russian Poetry
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and especially on the poetry of
Osip Mandelstam
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acm ...
.
Biography
Ronen was born in Odessa in 1937 into a
Hungarian Jewish
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family. His father was the biochemist Emerich (Imre) Szörényi (January 12, 1905 – January 17, 1959), known for his work on muscle physiology. From 1934 to 1953, the family lived in the Soviet Union, where Emerich Szörényi headed the tissue protein research department of the Institute of Biochemistry and the biochemistry department of the Institute of Microbiology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. In 1950, he was appointed head of the newly established Institute of Biochemistry in Hungary, however, he was only able to return to Hungary with his family in 1953.
Ronen started his undergraduate studies in
Budapest University.
He took part in the
1956 Hungarian Revolution, and fled to Israel after the uprising was suppressed.
He obtained his B.A. in linguistics and English literature from
Hebrew University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
and his PhD in Slavic languages and literatures from
Harvard
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.
From 1972 to 1985, he was professor at Hebrew University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
. In 1985 he became a Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
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, Ann Arbor
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where he remained until his death.
Work
The works of Omry Ronen on the Silver Age of Russian Poetry include and . Ronen also made important contributions to the study of Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
's poetics, the poetry of the Oberiu, Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bo ...
, and numerous other topics.[
Ronen is also the author of three books of essays based on his column "From the Town of Ann” in the journal "Zvezda".][
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Slavists
1937 births
2012 deaths
University of Michigan faculty
Harvard University alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Eötvös Loránd University alumni