Sergey Averintsev
Sergey Sergeyevich Averintsev (December 10, 1937, in Moscow – February 21, 2004, in Vienna) was a Russian literary scholar, Byzantinist and Slavist.
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Sergey Averintsev

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- Born
- 10 December 1937
- Died
- 21 February 2004
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Occupation
- Scientist, historian
- Awards
- State Prize of the Russian Federaion USSR State Prize Medal of 13 January Lenin Komsomol Prize
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Fields
- philology · classics · literary studies · biblical studies
- Honours
- USSR State Prize · Lenin Komsomol Prize · Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize · January 13th commemorative medal · State Prize of the Russian Federation · honorary doctor of Sofia University
- Languages
- Russian
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Sergey Sergeyevich Averintsev (December 10, 1937, in Moscow – February 21, 2004, in Vienna) was a Russian literary scholar, Byzantinist and Slavist.
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Biography
Biography
Sergey Averintsev studied at Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is philology, classics and literary studies. Employment is recorded with University of Vienna, Gorky Institute of World Literature and Russian State University for the Humanities. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, Lenin Komsomol Prize, Dr.

Sergey Averintsev (right) with Georgy Kochetkov
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Студентки филологического факультета Московского государственного университета имени М.В. Ломоносова Н. Зембатова и Т. Васильева в читальном зале Государственной библиотеки СССР имени В.И. Ленина. Фото Э. Евзерихина. Март 1962 года. Главархив Москвы Наталья Павловна Зембатова (в замужестве Зембатова-Аверинцева), слева - в скором будущем супруга С. С. Аверинцева.
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Key facts
• Native Name — Сергей Аверинцев • Born — 10 December 1937 • Died — 21 February 2004 • Birthplace — Moscow, Soviet Union • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Resting Place — Danilov Cemetery • Education — Moscow State University • Occupation — Scientist, historian • Fields — Slavist, Byzantist • Doctoral Advisor — Aleksei Losev Sergei Radtsig • Employer — Russian Academy of Sciences • Awards — State Prize of the Russian Federaion USSR State Prize Medal of 13 January Lenin Komsomol Prize
Biography
Biography
Averintsev was the son of the biologist Sergey Vasilyevich Averintsev. He studied classical philology in Moscow and received in 1967 with a thesis on Plutarch the title of Candidate of the Sciences. In 1979, he became a Doctor of Sciences with a thesis on Byzantine literature. He first worked as an editor, then from 1966 to 1971 at the Institute of Art Science of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. From 1971 to 1991, he was a member of the Gorki Institute for World Literature. In 1989, he became a professor at the Institute of the World Culture of the Moscow Lomonosov University. In 1994, he was appointed to the University of Vienna, where he was a full professor of East Slavonic literature until his death. Averintsev was from 1987 corresponding, from 2003 full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1968, the State Prize of the Soviet Union in 1990, and the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1996. In 1994, he became a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. In 1995, he was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize for his essay "Die Solidarität in dem verfemten Gott. Die Erfahrung der Sowjetjahre als Mahnung für die Gegenwart und Zukunft". In addition to his works in the field of ancient philology, Averintsev became known above all through studies of the Russian poetry of the Silver Age.
Collected studies
Collected studies
• Cose attuali, cose eterne: la Russia d'oggi e la cultura europea. Milano, 1989 • Dieci poeti. Ritratti e destini. Virgilio, Efrem Siro, Gregorio da Narek, Deržavin, Žukovskij, Vjačeslav Ivanov, Mandel’štam, Brentano, Chesterton, Hesse. Milano, 2001 • Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge. Wien, 2005 • La sagesse et ses formes: Conception de la Sophia et sens de l'icône. Paris, 2011 • Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. Roma, Москва, 2013 • Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023
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Career and activity
Career and activity
Sergey Averintsev worked in philology, classics, literary studies, biblical studies and theology. He was employed by University of Vienna, Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian State University for the Humanities and Lomonosov Moscow State University. He belonged to USSR Union of Writers, Russian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Identity
Identity
Leopold Lucas Prize. Recorded as historian, university teacher, poet, philologist and cultural studies scholar.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1937
Sergey Averintsev born at Moscow.
2004
Sergey Averintsev died at Vienna.
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Moscow.
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Vienna.
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Books
Books
• L'anima e lo specchio. L'universo della poetica bizantina. Bologna, 1988 • Atene e Gerusalemme. Contrapposizione e incontro di due principi creativi. Roma, 1994 • (with M.I. Rupnik) Adamo e il suo costato. Spiritualità dell'amore coniugale. Roma, 1996 • Die Solidarität in dem verfemten Gott. Die Erfahrung der Sowjetjahre als Mahnung für die Gegenwart und Zukunft. Tübingen, 1996 • Sophia, la sapienza di Dio. Breve guida alla mostra. Milano, 1999
Contributions to books
Contributions to books
• 'Quelques mots personnels', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • '2 000 ans avec Virgile', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Sur Simone Weil', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'La poésie de Clemens Brentano', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Destin et message d’Ossip Mandelstam', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Gilbert Keith Chesterton ou l’imprévisible bon sens de l’esprit', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Éloge de la philologie', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Philologie', in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Logos, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Des rives du Bosphore aux rives de l’Euphrate, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Nous et nos hiérarques — hier et aujourd’hui, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Tentatives d’explication. Conversations sur la culture, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Le totalitarisme: une réponse erronée à des questions réelles, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'La tradition spirituelle de l’Europe orientale et son influence dans la formation d’une nouvelle identité européenne, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Vers une définition de l’homme, in S. Averintsev, Ma liberté secrète: L'histoire culturelle vue de Russie. Grenoble, 2023 • 'Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo = Слово Божие и слово человеческое', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 78-117 • 'Della Sapienza dobbiamo parlare con sapienza = О Премудрости мы должны говорить с мудростью', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 118-125 • 'La Sofia nell'Antico Testamento = Премудрость в Ветхом Завете', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 126-159 • 'Sofiologia e mariologia: pre-considerazioni metodologiche = Софиология и мариология: методологические размышления', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 160-189 • 'Sofiologia e mariologia: note introduttive = Софиология и мариология: предварительные замечания', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 190-201 • 'La Sapienza di Dio ha costruito una casa (Pr 9,1) per la dimora di Dio stesso tra noi: il concetto di Sofia e il significato dell’icona = Премудрость Божия построила дом (Притчи 9:1), чтобы Бог пребывал с нами: концепция Софии и смысл иконы', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 202-229 • 'Per comprendere l'iscrizione sulla conca dell'abside centrale della chiesa della Sofia in Kiev = К уяснению смысла надписи над конхой центральной апсиды Софии Киевской', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 230-341 • 'Sofia = София', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 342-353 • 'Sofia, l'idea russa = София как русская идея', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 354-359 • 'Discorso per l'inauguratione della mostra "Sophia, la sapienza di Dio" = Речь на открытии выставки "София, Премудрость Божия"', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 360-387 • 'Breve guida alla mostra = Краткий путеводитель по выставке', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 388-439 • 'La sapienza nella prospettiva delle scienze = Премудрость в перспективе наук', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 440-445 • 'L'immagine biblica della sapienza come alternativa alla "cultura della morte" = Библейский образ Премудрости как альтернатива "культуре смерти"', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 446-467 • 'Improvisso = Импровизация', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 468-471 • '"Ad fontes!" (Atene, Gerusalemme, Roma). Tesi = "Ad fontes!" (Афины, Иерусалим, Рим). Тезисы', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 472-479 • '"Ad fontes!" (Athens, Jerusalem, Rome) Theses', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 480-483 • 'La solidarietà nel Dio proscritto: l'esperienza degli anni sovietici come monito per il presente e per il futuro = Солидарность во имя опального Бога: опыт советского времени как предостережение для настоящего времени и на будущее', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 484-519 • 'Vjačeslav Ivanov e la "Schuldfrage" = Вячеслав Иванов и "Schuldfrage"', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 520-531 • 'Il battesimo della Rus' e il cammino della cultura russa = Крещение Руси и путь русской культуры', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 532-561 • 'La Russia e la cristianità europea = Россия и европейское христианство', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 562-599 • 'La spiritualità dell'Europa orientale e il suo contributo alla formazione della nuova identità europea = Духовность Восточной Европы и ее вклад в формирование новой европейской идентичности', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 600-637 • 'Il ruschio della teocrazia = Риск теократии', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 638-645 • '"Ut unum sint": uniti dinanzi al sembiante ostile del principe di questo mondo = "Ut unum sint": единство перед лицом вражды князя мира сего', in S. Averintsev, Verbo di Dio e parola dell'uomo: Discorsi romani = Римские речи. Слово Божие и слово человеческое. (Roma, Москва, 2013), 646-669 • 'Sagesse divine - l'inscription de Sainte-Sophie de Kiev', in S. Averintsev, La sagesse et ses formes: Conception de la Sophia et sens de l'icône. (Paris, 2011), 13-64 • 'Pour que Dieu soit avec nous', in S. Averintsev, La sagesse et ses formes: Conception de la Sophia et sens de l'icône. (Paris, 2011) • 'Sophiologie et mariologie', in S. Averintsev, La sagesse et ses formes: Conception de la Sophia et sens de l'icône. (Paris, 2011) • 'La Beauté première', in S. Averintsev, La sagesse et ses formes: Conception de la Sophia et sens de l'icône. (Paris, 2011), 93-101 • 'Constantinople/Byzantium. VI. Literature', in Religion Past & Present: Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion, Vol. 3 (Leiden, 2007), 445-447 • 'Foreword', in G. Bunge, The Rublev Trinity: The Icon of the Trinity by the Monk-painter Andrei Rublev, 11-12 • 'Some constant characteristics of Byzantine Orthodoxy', in Byzantine Orthodoxies. Papers from the Thirty-Sixth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Durham, 23–25 March 2002, ed. A. Louth, A. Casiday (Aldershot, 2006), 215-228 • 'Historismus à la russe – Alexej Konstantinovič Tolstoj', in 19./20. Jahrhundert: von den Reformen Alexanders II. bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg, ed. D. Herrmann (München, 2006), 366-386 • 'Alexei Konstantinowitsch Tolstoi (1817–1875): Historismus à la Russe', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 11-30 • 'Das Neue Testament und die hellenistischen Literaturgattungen', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 31-44 • 'Die Idee des “Imperium Sacrum” in Byzanz und Russland: Kontinuität und Evolution', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 45-62 • 'Die slawische Apokalyptik', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 63-68 • 'Die Solidarität in dem verfemten Gott. Die Erfahrung der Sowjetjahre als Mahnung für Gegenwart und Zukunft', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 69-80 • 'Gegenwärtige Geistesströmungen in Russland', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 81-96 • 'Goethe und Puschkin (1749–1799–1999)', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 97-112 • 'Humorlosigkeit des Zeitgeistes', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 113-118 • 'Das Heilige als Aufgabe für Reflexion und Erlebnis im Kontext der Polarität von “Omnipräsenz” und “Realpräsenz”', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 119-128 • 'Jesus in der Orthodoxen Christenheit', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 129-144 • '“Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle...“ Ossip Mandelschtam denkt an Ewald Kleist', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 145-164 • 'Russische Kultur und europäische Christenheit', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 165-180 • 'Vom Wesen der Ikone. Zwei Betrachtungen', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 181-186 • 'Zum Problem der Globalisierung', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 187-196 • 'Kafka und die biblische Alternative zum allgemeinen europaischen Typus der narrativen Kultur', in S. Awerinzew, Die fremde Sprache sei mir eine Hülle... Essays und Vorträge (Wien, 2005), 197-206 • 'Fass des Unfassbaren – Poetik und Dialektik des Ὕμνος Ἀκάθιστος"', in Christus bei den Vätern. Forscher aus dem Osten und Westen Europas an den Quellen des gemeinsamen Glaubens, ed. Y. de Andia, P.L. Hofrichter (Innsbruck, Wien, 2004), 99-109 • 'Jesus in der Orthodoxen Christenheit', in Jesus: Mensch und Geheimnis in Glauben und Kunst, ed. I.F. Görres, W. Ziehr, D. Flusser (Freiburg, 2004) • 'Sulla classicita dell'opera di Puškin', in Atti del Convegno Internationale, Milano 1999, 3-4 giugno (Milano, 2004), 39-46 • 'La spiritualità dell'Europa orientale e il suo contributo alla formazione della nuova identità europea', in La filosofia dell'Europa: febbraio 2003-giugno 2003, Roma, Sala Zuccari, ed. E. Berti (Roma, 2004) • 'Goethe und Puschkin (1749–1799–1999)', in Alexander S. Puschkin und das europäische Geistes- und Kulturleben, ed. E. Vyslonzil (Frankfurt am Main, 2003), 19-32 • 'From Biography to Hagiography: Some Stable Patterns in the Greek and Latin Tradition of Lives', in Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography, ed. P. France, W. St Clair (Oxford, 2002), 19–36 • 'Jerusalem, mother to us all: The Holy Land is the true navel of the world = Gerusalemme, nostra madre commune: La Terra Santa é il vero ombelico del mondo', in A Window over the Mediterranean sea = Finestra sul Mediterraneo, ed. S. Buonadonna (Genova, 2001) • 'Bakhtin, Laughter, and Christian Culture', in Bakhtin and Religion: A Feeling for Faith, ed. S.M. Felch, P.J. Contino (Evanston, 2001), 79–98 • 'La collocazione storica di Puškin al tramonto del razionalismo retorico', in Puškin europeo, ed. S. Graciotti (Venezia, 2001), 21-30 • 'Duemila anni con Virgilio', in S. Averincev, Dieci poeti. Ritratti e destini (Milano, 2001), 19-42 • 'Tra "esplicazione" e "nascondimento": la situazione dell’immagine nella poesia di Efrem Siro', in S. Averincev, Dieci poeti. Ritratti e destini (Milano, 2001) • 'La poesia di Gregorio da Narek', in S. Averincev, Dieci poeti. Ritratti e destini (Milano, 2001) • 'La poesia di Deržavin', in S. Averincev, Dieci poeti. 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Mainardi (Bose, 2000), 315–332 • 'Ricerca di Dio e ritorno alla Chiesa: l'intelligencija sovietica e il problema religioso', in La notte della chiesa russa: atti dell'VII Convegno ecumenico internazionale di spiritualità russa: "La chiesa ortodossa russa dal 1943 ai nostri giorni", Bose, 15-18 settembre 1999, ed. A. Mainardi (Bose, 2000), 175-190 • 'God's Wisdom Building a "House" (Prov. 9,1) for God's Own Dwelling with Us: the Concept of Sophia and the Meaning of Icon', in Jews and Eastern Slavs: Essays on Intercultural Relations, ed. W. Moskovich, L. Finberg, M. Feller (Jerusalem, 2000), 11-18 • 'Della Sapienza dobbiamo parlare con sapienza', in Sophia. La Sapienza di Dio, ed. G.C. Azzaro, P. Azzaro (Roma, Milano, 1999), ix • 'La Sapienza di Dio ha costruito una casa (Pr 9,1) per la dimora di Dio stesso tra noi: il concetto di Sofia e il significato dell’icona', in Sophia. La Sapienza di Dio, ed. G.C. Azzaro, P. 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The authorities additionally record the heading Sergey Sergeyevich Averintsev. His recorded language was Russian. He was the child of Sergei Averintsev. Formation and teaching. Averintsev studied at Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Sciences in Philology. Averintsev received USSR State Prize, Lenin Komsomol Prize, Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize, January 13th commemorative medal, State Prize of the Russian Federation and honorary doctor of Sofia University.
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