Konstantin Kedrov
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kedrov (Russian: Константин Александрович Кедров; 12 November 1942 – 16 April 2025) was a Russian poet, philosopher and literary critic.[1] He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers (1989). Candidate of philological sciences, Doctor of philosophy, Professor of the Institute for Literature. Сhief editor of «Journal of Poets» literary magazine[2][3]. Literary critic and literary historian. Author of the term metametaphor (1984) and of the philosophical theory of metacode.
From 1991, he worked for several years as a literary columnist for the Izvestia newspaper.[4] After a split in the editorial board of Izvestia, he and editor Igor Golembiovsky moved to the newspaper Novye Izvestia.
According to the mass media and bookmakers’ offices, in the years of 2003—2005, he was nominated for Nobel prize for literature[5][6]. Winner of the Korean Manhae Prize (2013). Kedrov died on 16 April 2025, at the age of 82.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ушел из жизни поэт и философ Константин Кедров (in Russian)
- ^ Guarant-InfoCentre. Konstantin Kedrov
- ^ Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Epstein's 'Metabole' and Kedrov's 'Metametaphor' as a poetic-artistic revision of metaphor: about two key terms of metarealism
- ^ Литературный вечер Константина Кедрова (in Russian)
- ^ NTV (Russia): Россиянин может получить Нобелевскую премию по литературе
- ^ В Швеции объявят лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. Среди номинантов — трое россиян