George Y. Shevelov

Andrii Danylenko (Pace University)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 17 Dec 1908
Died 12 Apr 2002

Places

Born in Ukraine
Active in United States; Germany; Ukraine

Activities

Primary

Linguist
Literary Critic/ Historian
Philologist

Resources

Shevelov's Works

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George Y. Shevelov (Hryhorii Shevchuk, H. Shevchuk, Hr. Sh., Yury Šerech, Jury Šerech, Sherekh, Iur. Sher., Iu. Sh., and other pseudonyms) (1908–2002), an eminent Slavist, literary critic, and essayist, was one of the most influential Ukrainian intellectuals of the second half of the twentieth century. Shevelov made his most significant contributions in the field of Slavic linguistics, with a particular focus on the history of Ukrainian. He authored works on such topics as the history of East Slavic; the historical phonology of Common Slavic and Ukrainian; the morphology, syntax, and lexicology of Ukrainian and other Slavic languages, approached both synchronically and diachronically; as well as studies in anthropology and ethnology, which appeared in American and European scholarly…

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Citation: Danylenko, Andrii. "George Y. Shevelov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 January 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13880, accessed 23 November 2024.]