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Yeleazar Meletinsky

Russian academic (1918-2005).

Born October 22nd, 1918 in Kharkiv.

Died December 17th, 2005 at 87 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
cultural historian, historian, literary critic, literary historian, mythographer, philologist, university teacher

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller