Background
Leonid Timofeev was born on December 23, 1903, in Moscow City, Russian Federation.
Moscow Institute of Journalism
Gorky Institute
Leonid Timofeev was born on December 23, 1903, in Moscow City, Russian Federation.
In 1922, Leonid Timofeev graduated from the one-year course of the Moscow Institute of Journalism and entered the Higher Literary and Art Institute, graduating in 1925. In 1928, he completed a post-graduate course at the Institute of language and literature.
In 1941-1970, Leonid Timofeev was the head of the department of the Gorky Institute of World Literature.