Mikhail Gasparov

Russian philologist and translator (1935-2005).

Born April 13th, 1935 in Moscow.

Died November 7th, 2005 at 70 years old in Moscow.

Occupations
classical philologist, linguist, literary historian, literary scholar, poet, translator
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