Nina Dyakonova

Nina Yakovlevna Dyakonova (also spelled Diakonova; ; born Magaziner; 20 October 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire - 9 December of the Board of Directors of the International Byron Society, and member at the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute named after Alexander Herzen (now Alexander Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University).

Family

Husband Igor Mikhailovich Dyakonov, Russian historian of the Orient and linguist.

Sons Mikhail Dyakonov of the St. Petersburg Abram Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and after that, since 1998 professor at the University of Montpellier, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR; in Iranian studies. Mikhail Dyakonoff's daughter Elena Dyakonova is a translator Stevenson, Shaw, Huxley.

Teacher Dyakonova already joined the teaching profession as an undergraduate student: in 1934 she began to teach English to undergraduates of Oriental studies. Since then, her teaching career never interrupted for a year. Among the students of Dyakonova were dozens of candidates and doctors of science, experienced university teachers and translators of fiction (Galina S. Usova, Galina V. Yakovleva, V.E. Vetlovskaya, I.B. Komarova, Alexandr A. Chameyev, Sergey L. Sukharev, and others).

The last decades of her teaching activity were spent — Л.: Художественная литература, 1974. 161 с. (Byron in the years of exile. - Leningrad: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1974. 161 pp.) Байрон в годы изгнания / Н. Я. Дьяконова. — Изд. 2-е. — Москва: URSS, 2007. — 189, с. (Byron in the years of exile / N. Ya. Dyakonova. - 2nd. edition - Moscow: URSS, 2007. - 189, pp.) . Лирическая поэзия Байрона. — М.: Наука, 1975. 168 с.(Lyrical Poetry of Byron. - Moscow: Nauka, 1975. 168 pp.) Лирическая поэзия Байрона / Н. Я. Дьяконова; отв. ред. М. П. Алексеев. — Изд. 2-е. — Москва: URSS, 2007. — 166, с. (Lyric Poetry of Byron / N. Ya. Dyakonova; Ed. by M.P. Alekseev. - 2nd ed - Moscow: URSS, 2007. - 166, pp. ) Английский романтизм: Проблемы эстетики. — М.: Наука, 1978. 208 с. (English Romanticism: Problems of Aesthetics. - Moscow: Nauka, 1978. 208 pp.) Стивенсон и английская литература XIX века / Н. Я. Дьяконова. — Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1984. — 192 с. (Stevenson and the English literature of the XIX century / N. Ya. Dyakonova. - Leningrad: Leningrad University Press, 1984. - 192 pp.) Shelley / N. Ya. Dyakonova, A.A. Chameyev; Ed. by V.N. Sheinker; Rus. Academy of Sciences. - St. Petersburg: Nauka: St. Petersburg publishing company, 1994. - 220, pp. (Together with A.A. Chameyev).

Articles Творческий труд учёного: (К 75-летию академика Михаила Павловича Алексеева) // Русская литература. — 1971. — No. 2. — С. 213–218. Совместно с Ю. Д. Левиным. (Creative work of the scientist: (To the 75th anniversary of Academician Mikhail Pavlovich Alekseyev) // Russkaya literatura (Russian literature) . - 1971. - No. 2. - pp 213–218. Together with Yu. D. Levin). Чарльз Лэм и Элия // Лэм Ч. Очерки Элии. — Л.: Наука, 1979. — С. 181–208. (Charles Lamb and Elia / / Lamb Ch. Essays of Elia. - Leningrad: Nauka, 1979. - pp. 181–208.) Джон Китс. Стихи и проза // Китс Джон. Стихотворения. — Л.: Наука, 1986. — С. 286–310. (John Keats. Poems and Prose // Keats, John. Poems. - Leningrad: Nauka, 1986. - pp. 286–310.) Томас де Квинси — повествователь, эссеист, критик (1785–1859) // Томас Де Квинси. Исповедь англичанина, любителя опиума. — М.: Наука, 2000. — С. 335–368. — («Литературные памятники».) Thomas De Quincey as a narrator, essayist, critic (1785–1859) // Thomas De Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. - Moscow: Nauka, 2000. - pp. 335–368. - (Literary Monuments book series.) Из истории английской литературы. Статьи разных лет. — СПб.: Алетейя, 2001. — 192 с. (From the history of English literature. Articles of different years. - St. Petersburg: Aleteya, 2001. - 192 pp.) «Литературность» Теккерея // Известия РАН. Серия литературы и языка. — Т. 57, No. 5. — М., 1998. — С. 3–14. ("Literariness" of Thackeray // Izvestiya Rossiyskoy akademii nauk (Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series on literature and language . - Vol. 57, No. 5. - Moscow, 1998. - pp. 3–14.) Heine as an Interpreter of Byron. of English Literature of the 19-th Century (in English). Изд.2. URSS. 2010. 288 с.

Reviews Жизнь слова (Н. Галь. Слово живое и мёртвое. М.: Книга, 1975.) // Нева. 1976. No. 4. Life of the word (N. Gal. The word alive and dead. Moscow .: Kniga Publishers, 1975.) // Neva. 1976. No.4 Забвению не подлежит (Е. С. Чернокова. Поэзия Кристины Россетти в контексте эстетики прерафаэлитизма. It is not subject to oblivion (ES Chernokova. The poetry of Christine Rossetti in the context of the aesthetics of Pre-Raphaelism. Kharkov, 2004. 208 pp.) // Neva. 2005. No. 3 Никто не забыт, ничто не забыто (Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten) (T.G Frumenkova. Мы вышли из блокадных дней. (We came out of the blockade days.) SPb., 2005) // Neva. 2006. No.1

Memoirs Фриде (To Frieda) // Zvezda. 2005. No. 3. Минувшие дни (Past days). Забытая поэма забытого автора (A forgotten long poem of a forgotten author). // Neva. 2006. No. 3. Together with M. M. Dyakonov.

Filmography «Ломовая лошадь истории» (History's Draught-horse) - a documentary (in Russian). Director: Edgar Bartenev, SevZapKino, St. Petersburg, 2010, 40 minutes, commissioned by the Kultura channel. Project page on the Kultura TV channel website. "Леди Нина" (Lady Nina), a documentary. On YouTube. Воспоминания Нины Яковлевны Дьяконовой. Часть 1. О предках. (Nina Dyakonova's reminiscences. Part 1. On ancestors). On YouTube. Воспоминания Нины Яковлевны Дьяконовой. Часть 2. Становление. (Nina Dyakonova's reminiscences. Part 2. Becoming), On YouTube Воспоминания Нины Яковлевны Дьяконовой. Часть 3. Другая эпоха. (Nina Dyakonova's reminiscences. Part 3. A different era), On YouTube

Links Article on Dyakonova on the site of the series "Literary monuments" "Perlovnik" ("Gems" Collection) of Igor Mikhailovich and Nina Yakovlevna Dyakonov I. M. Dyakonov. Book of memories (Rus) Page in honour of N. Ya. Dyakonova on the website of the Alexander Herzen Russian Pedagogical University's Philology School Dean's Office