Background
Yasen Nikolayevich Zasursky was born on October 29, 1929 in Moscow. According to the professor himself, the name "Yasen" was given to him by his mother in honor of his father's clear eyes.
Yasen Nikolayevich Zasursky was born on October 29, 1929 in Moscow. According to the professor himself, the name "Yasen" was given to him by his mother in honor of his father's clear eyes.
He graduated from school externally and in 1944 at the age of 14 entered the English faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. M. Thorez. He graduated in 1948.
Doctor of Philology since 1967. Thesis: "American literature of the XX century." Professor since 1968. From 1995 to 1999 he was chairman of the Commission for Licensing Radio and TV Frequencies. The author of more than two hundred scientific works, including 16 monographs.
Yasen Nikolayevich is married, has a son and two grandchildren, one of whom, Ivan Zasursky, heads the Chair of New Media and Communication Theory at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.