Background
Scherr, Barry Paul was born on May 20, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Joseph and Helen Lillian (Shapiro) Scherr.
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Russian Poetry offers the most complete description of Russian verse to date and provides a full introduction to Russian poetry based on current research. The work is geared toward both the lay reader and the specialist.
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Scherr, Barry Paul was born on May 20, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Joseph and Helen Lillian (Shapiro) Scherr.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1966; AM, University of Chicago, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1973.
From acting assistant professor to assistant professor University Washington, Seattle, 1970-1974. From assistant professor to professor Russian, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, since 1974, chairman department Russian, 1981-1990, 96-97, chairman program linguistics and cognitive science, 1989-1996, associate dean for humanities, 1997—2001, associate provost, 2001, provost, 2001—2009. Chair, board governors University Arctic, since 2009.
Co-organizer International Conference Russian Verse Theory, 1987, International Conference Anna Akhmatova and the Poets of Tsarskoe Selo, 1989, International Conference Eisenstein at 100: A Reconsideration, 1998.
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Member Modern Language Association (member executive committee associate department foreign languages 1983-1985, delegate assembly 1986-1988, Scaglione Book prize, selection committee, since 2007), American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Languages (president 1987-1988, founder, past president Northern New England chapter, numerous committees).
Married Sylvia Egelman, September 8, 1974. Children: Sonia, David.