Smirnov, Igor Pavlovich

Born in a family of employees. In 1958-1963 he studied at the philological faculty of Leningrad State University . The theme of the thesis was dedicated to the work of Nikolai Aseev .

In 1963-1966 he studied at the graduate school of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the USSR Academy of Sciences . In 1967 he defended his thesis on a specialty "philological sciences"; topic: “Poetic tradition and individuality of the poet ( N. Aseev , N. Zabolotsky , V. Lugovskoy) ”.

In 1977, he wrote and submitted for defense a doctoral dissertation, “Questions of poetic tradition (Modern literature in its relation to ancient Russian literary monuments and folklore)”.

Since 1963, published as a literary critic .

In 1966-1979 he worked as a junior research fellow in the sector of Old Russian literature at the Pushkin House .

In 1980-1981 he received an invitation to take the post of “guest professor” ( German Gastprofessor ) at the universities of Hamburg and Utrecht .

In 1981 he emigrated from the USSR to Germany . Since 1982, he has been appointed professor at the University of Constance (Germany). The topic of the introductory lecture course: "Unofficial traditionalism versus official messianism (on the genesis of two traditions in Russian culture" ( German: Inoffizieller Traditionalismus vs. offizieller Messianismus. Zur Genese zweier russischer Kulturtraditionen ).

Main research interests:

• theory of literature
• theory and history of culture
• psychoanalysis and the psychology of history
• philosophical anthropology

He also dealt with the problems of modern Russian literature (the works of Vladimir Sorokin , Dmitry Prigov , the latest “female” prose).

Since 2006, Smirnov has been retiring and has since not been teaching at the University of Constance.

Co-editor of the magazine Slavic World ( German: Die Welt der Slaven , Munich). Member of Editorial Boards at Elementa Magazines (Los Angeles). “New Literary Review” (Moscow), “Star” (St. Petersburg), “Discourse” (Moscow), “Criticism and Semiotics” (Novosibirsk).

A number of works of I.P. Smirnov was written in German, his works are also translated from Russian into English, German, French.

• The artistic meaning and evolution of poetic systems (M., 1977)
• Diachronic transformations of literary genres and motives. (Diachronische Transformationen literarischer Genres und Motive. Wien 1981).
• Sketches for the historical typology of culture - realism post-symbolism (avant-garde). (Skizzen zur historischen Typologie der Kultur - Realismus Postsymbolismus (Avantgarde). Salzburg 1982)
• Towards Literature Theory (Entwurf einer Literaturtheorie. Amsterdam 1987)
• Being and creativity (1989 - St. Petersburg; Sein und Schaffen. Marburg 1990)
• About ancient Russian culture, Russian national specifics and the logic of history. (Zur altrussischen Kultur, ihrer nationalen Spezifik und der Geschichtslogik. Wien 1991)
• Psychodiacronology. The psychohistory of Russian literature from romanticism to the present day. (M., 1995)
• Spawn of intertext. (St. Petersburg, 1995; Die Generierung des Intertextes. Elemente der intertextuellen Analyse belegt an Beispielen aus dem Werk von BL Pasternak. Wien 1985)
• Novel of secrets "Doctor Zhivago". (M., 1996)
• Evidence and conjecture. (St. Petersburg, 1999)
• Homo Homini - Philosophus ... (St. Petersburg, 1999)
• Man to man is a philosopher. - St. Petersburg: Aletheya , 1999. - 369, [2] p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-89329-175-1
• Megastory. To the historical typology of culture (St. Petersburg, 2000)
• The meaning as such. - St. Petersburg: Academic project , 2001. - 342, [2] p. ; 21 cm. - (Modern Western Russian Studies). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-7331-0187-3
• Philosophy for every day (current). - M.: Foundation for Scientific Research "Pragmatics of Culture", 2003. - 246 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-98392-004-9
• Sociosophy of the Revolution (St. Petersburg, 2004)
• Genesis: philosophical essays on socio-cultural initiative. - St. Petersburg: Aleteya, 2006. - 287, [1] p. - (Historical book). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-89329-868-3
• The crisis of our time. - M.: New Literary Review , 2010. - 291, [1] p. - (The library of the magazine " Safe Reserve "). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-86793-787-4
• Transformations of meaning (M., 2015)
• From the contrary. Investigations in the field of art culture. - M .: New literary review, 2018.

• Prize to them. A. E. Kruchenykh (1998)
• Prize to them. P.A. Vyazemsky (1998)
• Andrey Bely Prize (2000)

• Personal page of Professor Igor Smirnov on the portal of the University of Konstanz
• I.P. Smirnov - Big Biographical Encyclopedia
• Igor Smirnov, Curriculum Vitae
• Smirnov, Igor Pavlovich in the " Journal Hall "
• Alexander Dmitriev. I.P. Smirnov. The Social Philosophy of the Revolution // Journal "Critical Mass", No. 2, 2004.

Articles, Interviews

• Interview: I’m not overcoming the person, but the superman // The New Russian Book Magazine No. 4/5, 2000.
• Pasternak's two unknown cinema articles? // "Star" 2007, No. 2.
• Mikhail Yampolsky. About close. // The magazine "New Russian Book" 2001, No. 3-4.
• World Heresy (Psychological notes on the philosophy of anarchism)
• Unknown Soldier. (an expanded version of the text printed in the almanac "Place of printing", 1994. No. 5)
• To the study of the symbolism of Anna Akhmatova (early work) // Poetics and stylistics of Russian literature. - L .: Nauka, 1971. - S. 279–287.