Samuil Aronovich Lurie (russian: Самуил Аронович Лурье; 12 May 1942 – 7 August 2015) was a Russian writer and literary historian. Many of his works were published under the

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S Gedroitz (russian: С. Гедройц).

Biography

Samuil Aronovich Lurie was born in Sverdlovsk to a family of

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s from Saint Petersburg evacuated during

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. His father, Aron Naumovich Lurie (1913-2003), was a bibliographer, literary historian, Doctor of Philological Science and

veteran. Lurie graduated from

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

and worked briefly as a village school teacher (1964-1964), then for the

National Pushkin Museum The National Pushkin Museum ( rus, Всероссийский музей А. С. Пушкина, r=Vsyerossiiskii muzei A. S. Pushkina - literally the 'All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin') is a museum dedicated to the life and work of Russian poet ...

in Saint Petersburg (1965-1966). His first publications were in Zvezda magazine (1964). He wrote a column in Zvezda magazine named "Lessons of Belles-Lettres" (russian: Уроки Изящной Словесности). In 1966 he became an editor of the magazine

Neva The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it ...

. From 1988-2002 he was editor-in-chief of the prose section. From 2002-12 he worked as an editor of ''Polden XXI Century'', a

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almanac. He authored more than a thousand journal articles. Lurie was the chairperson of the

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jury (2012). He was awarded the Zvezda magazine Prize (1993, 2003), the Neva magazine Prize (2002), the Peter Vyazemsky Prize (1997), and the I.P. Belkin Prize (2011). He died in

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, United States on 7 August 2015 at the age of 73.

Books

* Литератор Писарев: роман. Л.: Советский писатель, 1987; written 1969, original printing destroyed by security organs * Толкование судьбы (эссе). СПб.: Борей, 1994 * Разговоры в пользу мёртвых (эссе). СПб.: Urbi, 1997 * Успехи ясновидения. СПб.: Издательство Пушкинского фонда, 2002 * Муравейник. СПб.: Издательство журнала Нева, 2002 * Нечто и взгляд. СПб.: Издательство Пушкинского фонда, 2004 * Письма полумёртвого человека (роман в письмах). СПб.: Янус, 2004 (together with Дм. Циликиным) * Такой способ понимать. СПб.: Класс, 2007 * Сорок семь ночей. СПб.: Журнал «Звезда», 2008 (under pseudonym С. Гедройц) * Гиппоцентавр, или Опыты чтения и письма. СПб: Читатель, 2011 (under pseudonym С. Гедройц) * Железный бульвар. СПб.: Азбука, 2012 * Изломанный аршин. СПб.: Пушкинский фонд, 2012
Меркуцио
Zvezda 2015

References

External links

Personal siteMagazine publications as Samuil LurieMagazine publications as S. Gedroytz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lurie, Samuil 1942 births 2015 deaths Writers from Yekaterinburg Russian editors Russian Jews Russian journalists Russian literary historians Jewish historians Writers from Saint Petersburg