Background
Likhachev, Dmitriy Sergeyevich was born on November 28, 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Sergey and Vera Likhacheva.
philologist Russian literature educator author
Likhachev, Dmitriy Sergeyevich was born on November 28, 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Sergey and Vera Likhacheva.
Attending, Leningrad State Publication Houses Institute Russian Literature, Pushkin House, Russian Academy of Sciences, since 1938. Doctor (honorary), Oxford University. Doctor (honorary), Edinburgh University.
Doctor (honorary), Torun University. Doctor (honorary), Budapest University. Doctor (honorary), Sofia University.
Doctor (honorary), Sienna University. Doctor (honorary), Karlov University. Doctor (honorary), Zurich University.
Head section early Russian Literature, since 1954. Academician Russian Literature, since 1970. Lecturer Kazan State University, 1942—1943.
Professor Leningrad State University, 1946—1953. President Russian Cultural Fund. (formerly Soviet Cultural Fund.), 1986—1993.
Author: National Self-Awareness in Ancient Russia, 1945, 1969, The Emergence of Man in the Literature of Old Russia, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1975, The Culture of the Russian People from the 10th to the 17th Centuries, 1961, Russian Culture of the Time of Andrei Rublev, 1962, Textology, 1962, 1983, Russian Chronicles, 1066, The Poetics of Old Russian Literature, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1981, The Artistic Heritage of Old Russia, 1971, 1977, The Evolution of Russian Literature from the 10th to the 17th Centuries, 1973, A Great Heritage: The Classical Works of Old Russian Literature, 1975. A Great Heritage: The Classical Works of Old Russian Literature, 1980. Author: A Great Heritage: The Classical Works of Old Russian Literature, 1981, The 'Laughing World' of Old Russia, 1976, Russische Literatur and Europaische Kultur des 10-17 Jahrhunderts, 1977, The Slovo and the Culture of the Time, 1978, 1985, Studies in Russian Literature XIX-XX Centuries, 1981, 1984, The Garden Party, 1982, 1987, 1991, Selected Works (3 vols.), 1987, Poetique Historique de la Litterature Russe (X-XX siecle), 1988, Notes and Reflections: from the Notebooks of Bygone Days, 1989, Reflections on Russian Dmitri S. Likhachev, 1991, Russian Art from Ancient Times to Vanguard, 1991.
All religions persuade people to rely on outside authority, thus preventing them to become self-reliant.
The role of the individual as a member of a collective is more important than the individual.
Member of Gottingen Academy, British Academy, Austrian Academy of Sciences (correspondent foreign member), Academy dei Lincei (Italy), Serbian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Society United States, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (honorary).
Married Zinaida Makarova, 1936. 2 children.