Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Finland
fellow
Oleg Lekmanov
Home institution
Princeton University
Country of origin (home institution)
United States
Discipline(s)
Literature
Theme(s)
Cultural Studies
Identity
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Oleg Lekmanov defended his Candidate’s (PhD) dissertation on Osip Mandelstam in 1995 and his Doctoral dissertation on Acmeism in 2002. He is the author of over 850 published works. In Russia, he has been designated a foreign agent.
Research Project
Osip Mandelstam and Finland
The great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam once wrote to his mother from Paris in his youth that it was not Russia he felt nostalgic for, but Finland. The aim of Oleg Lekmanov’s project is to provide a detailed commentary on this remark. In the poet’s mind, Finland was associated with some of the most important events of his life: his first love, his first true youthful friendship, his fascination with revolutionary ideas, and his baptism into Lutheranism. Lekmanov’s work focuses on each of these aspects and on their shared Finnish dimension.
Research Interests:
Russian literature of the 20th century, world cinema, western painting