Background
Vipper, Yuri B. was born on December 5, 1916 in Moscow. Son of Boris R. and Maria (Shenkova) Vipper.
Vipper, Yuri B. was born on December 5, 1916 in Moscow. Son of Boris R. and Maria (Shenkova) Vipper.
Certified in French literature, University Paris Sorbonne, 1938. Master of Arts, Latvian State University, Riga, 1941. Doctor in Philology, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry of Higher Education, 1968.
Lecturer Institute Philosophy, Literature and History, Moscow, 1941, Pedagogical Institute, Tashkent, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1941-1942, Moscow State University, 1945-1947, assistant professor, 1947-1962, senior researcher, 1962-1964, Institute World Literature, Moscow, 1965-1977, head department history of world literature, 1978-1988. Councillor of the directing board Gorky Institute World Literature, since 1988. Corresponding member Academy of Sciences of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1979, academician, 1987.
Member Writers' Union of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, International Comparative Literature Association (vice president 1979-1984), International Federation Modern Languages and Lits. (vice president since 1984).
Married Nina Alexeeva, November 5, 1947.