Gleb Struve
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Gleb Petrovich Struve was a Russian poet and literary historian from the Struve
family. His father was Peter Berngardovich Struve
, and his nephew is another prominent writer, Nikita Struve.
Struve came from St. Petersburg and joined the Volunteer Army
in 1918. Later that year he fled to Finland, then to England, where he studied at Balliol College, Oxford until 1921. It was there that he met Vladimir Nabokov
with whom he remained on friendly terms and regularly corresponded until the novelist's death. Struve worked as a journalist in Berlin between 1921–1924 and in Paris until 1932.
In 1932, Struve replaced D.S. Mirsky at the University College London
's (UCL) School of Slavonic Studies
, and later moved to University of California, Berkeley
. Struve's publications number around 900, including many important editions of works by major Russian authors that were suppressed in the Soviet Union
, such as Anna Akhmatova
, Nikolai Gumilev, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Osip Mandelstam
.
Struve
-Astronomers:*Jacob Struve *Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve , son of the preceding*Otto Wilhelm von Struve , son of the preceding...
family. His father was Peter Berngardovich Struve
Peter Berngardovich Struve
Peter Berngardovich Struve – Пётр Бернгардович Струве was a Russian political economist, philosopher and editor. He started out as a Marxist, later became a liberal and after the Bolshevik revolution joined the White movement...
, and his nephew is another prominent writer, Nikita Struve.
Struve came from St. Petersburg and joined the Volunteer Army
Volunteer Army
The Volunteer Army was an anti-Bolshevik army in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920....
in 1918. Later that year he fled to Finland, then to England, where he studied at Balliol College, Oxford until 1921. It was there that he met Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
with whom he remained on friendly terms and regularly corresponded until the novelist's death. Struve worked as a journalist in Berlin between 1921–1924 and in Paris until 1932.
In 1932, Struve replaced D.S. Mirsky at the University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
's (UCL) School of Slavonic Studies
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies is a school of University College London . It is the largest centre for the study and research of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, and Russia in the United Kingdom...
, and later moved to University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. Struve's publications number around 900, including many important editions of works by major Russian authors that were suppressed in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, such as Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko , better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova , was a Russian and Soviet modernist poet, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Russian canon.Harrington p11...
, Nikolai Gumilev, Marina Tsvetayeva, and Osip Mandelstam
Osip Mandelstam
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets...
.