Alexander Vovin

Russian-american linguist and philologist (1961–2022).

Born January 27th, 1961 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 8th, 2022 at 61 years old in Paris. [ref]

Occupations
japanologist, linguist, philologist, translator, university teacher
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