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Lev Uspensky

Lev Uspensky

Russian writer and philologist (1900–1978)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Uspensky.

Lev Vasilyevich Uspensky (Russian: Лев Васильевич Успенский, 8 February 1900 – 18 December 1978) was a Russian writer and philologist, known for his popular science books in linguistics.[1]

Works

Prose

  • «Запах лимона» (1928, with L.L. Rubinov, as Lev Rubus)
  • «Пулковский меридиан» (1939, with G.N. Karayev)
  • «60-я параллель» (1955, with G.N. Karayev)

Science fiction

  • Плавание «Зэты». (1946)
  • Шальмугровое яблоко. (1972)
  • Эн-два-о плюс икс дважды. (1971)
  • «Слово о словах» (1954), popular linguistics
  • «Ты и твоё имя» (1960), popular linguistics
  • «Имя дома твоего» (1967), popular linguistics
  • «Загадки топонимики» (1969), popular linguistics
  • «По закону буквы», popular linguistics, history of Russian alphabet
  • Почему не иначе? Этимологический словарь школьника
  • За языком до Киева, popular linguistics
  • По дорогам и тропам языка, popular linguistics
  • За семью печатями, popular archaeology
  • Записки старого петербуржца, popular history of St.Petersburg
  • Мифы Древней Греции, popular Greek mythology
  • Золотое руно; Двенадцать подвигов Геракла, popular Greek mythology

References

  1. [1]
    Uspensky's biography sketch Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia


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