Background
Durovic, Lubomir Jan was born on February 9, 1925 in Vazec, Slovakia. Arrived in Sweden, 1966. Son of Jan and Olga Maria Anna (Palicova) Durovic.
Durovic, Lubomir Jan was born on February 9, 1925 in Vazec, Slovakia. Arrived in Sweden, 1966. Son of Jan and Olga Maria Anna (Palicova) Durovic.
Doctor of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1951. Doctor of Science, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy., Comenius University, Bratislava, 1951. Doctor of Science, Czechoslovak Academy Sciences, Prague, 1966. Assistant Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1950-1956, associate professor, 1956-1966, professor, 1967-1970, head department Russian, 1955-1957.
Lecturer State University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1966-1969, associate professor, 1969-1972.
Professor Royal University, Lund, Sweden, 1972-1991, head department Slavic Langs., 1972-1991, retired, 1991. Visiting professor U. Aarhus, Denmark, 1970, Yale University, 1974, U. Zürich, Switzerland, 1991-1993, U. Bern, Switzerland, 1994, U. Prague, 1996.
Author: Modalnost, 1956, Paradigmatics of Russian, 1964, 70. Editor: Slavica Lundensia 1-13, 1973-1991, Russian Linguistics Journal 4-16,1978-1992, (series) Slavica Suecana 1992.
Contributor to numerous scholarly papers and textbooks.
Member Czechoslovak Society Sciences and Arts (vice president 1988-1990), Royal Society Humanities, Scandinavian Association Slavicists (president 1987-1990), Czechoslovak Linguistic Society (honorary), New Society Letters at Lund, Prague Linguistic Circuit (honorary), Slovak Linguistic Society.
Married Ludmila Ruzekova, June 30, 1951. Children: Vladimir, Natasa.