Sonia Ilinskagia
Sonia Ilinskagia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 January 2024 (aged 86) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation(s) | writer, translator, professor |
Sonia Ilinskagia (1938 – 19 January 2024) was a Greek-Russian writer, translator and professor. She was considered[by whom?] one of the most important scholars of modern Greek literature.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ilinskagia was born in Moscow and studied classical literature at Lomonosov Moscow University specializing in modern Greek and Russian literature.[2] She worked as a researcher at the Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[3] In 1971 she defended her thesis entitled "Contribution to the study of post-war poetry in Greece".[3]
In 1983 she settled in Greece where she became professor of modern Greek philology.[4] Ilinskagia was a Honorary Professor of the University of Ioannina.[5] Her most emblematic achievement of this period was the publication of the entire poetic work of Cavafy in Russian in 2009, based on the Greek edition of 2003. Ilinskaya was honoured by the Greek State with the Orders of Commander of the Orders of Honor (2007) and Phoenix (2018).[6]
She was married to writer Mitsos Alexandropoulos. Ilinskagia died in January 2024.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Απεβίωσε η Σόνια Ιλίνσκαγια - Από τις πλέον σημαντικές μελετήτριες της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας". in.gr (in Greek). 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Μεγάλη απώλεια για τα ελληνικά γράμματα: Πέθανε η Σόνια Ιλίνσκαγια - Dnews". www.dnews.gr (in Greek). 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ a b "Σόνια Ιλίνσκαγια: Απεβίωσε η διαπρεπής νεοελληνίστρια και επίτιμη καθηγήτρια του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων" (in Greek). 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "The great scholar of modern Greek literature, Sonia Ilyinskaya, has died". Left.Gr. 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Απεβίωσε η διαπρεπής νεοελληνίστρια και επίτιμη καθηγήτρια του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων Σόνια Ιλίνσκαγια" (in Greek). 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ Θωμά, Πολύκαρπος. "Απεβίωσε η διαπρεπής νεοελληνίστρια Σόνια Ιλίνσκαγια". www.sigmalive.com. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
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