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Boris Filippov (1905–1991)

Author of Izbrannoe [Selected prose]

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Canonical name
Filippov, Boris
Legal name
Filistinsky, Boris Andreevich
Филистинский, Борис Андреевич
Other names
Филиппов, Борис Андреевич
Birthdate
1905-08-06
Date of death
1991-05-03
Gender
male
Education
Leningrad Institute of Living Oriental Languages
Occupations
architectural engineer
editor
writer
Short biography
In Gulag; collaborated with German invaders in WWII, followed them to Germany in 1944; emigrated to USA 1950; co-edited Grani (emigre journal), founded the Inter-Language Literary Associates, edited and published the collected works of Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilev, Osip Mandel'shtam, Boris Pasternak, and others.
Nationality
USA
Russia (birth)
Birthplace
Stavropol, Russian Empire
Places of residence
St. Petersburg, Russia
Novgorod, Russia
Latvia
Germany
New York, New York, USA
Place of death
Washington, D.C., USA

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