About Vladimir Shileyko
Lived 1891 – 1930 (aged 39). Vladimir Shileyko was a Russian linguist, translator, poet, assyriologist, philologist and orientalist.
Vladimir Kazimirovich Shileyko (also Shileiko, Shilejko; ; 14 February 1891 – 5 October 1930) was a Russian orientalist (assyriologist, hebraist) poet (acmeist) and translator. The Shileyko family had roots in the Lithuanian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He was a second husband of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.
He is known for his Russian translations of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
He died in Moscow of tuberculosis.
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Who was Vladimir Shileyko?
Russian translator (1891–1930)
When was Vladimir Shileyko born?
Vladimir Shileyko was born on 2 February 1891 in Peterhof.
When did Vladimir Shileyko die?
Vladimir Shileyko died on 5 October 1930 in Moscow.
What was Vladimir Shileyko's occupation?
Vladimir Shileyko was a linguist, translator, poet, assyriologist, philologist and orientalist.
What nationality was Vladimir Shileyko?
Vladimir Shileyko was Russian.
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