Vladimir Propp

Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1895 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible structural units.

Vladimir Propp
Vladimir Propp in 1928
BornHermann Waldemar Propp
29 April 1895
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died22 August 1970(1970-08-22) (aged 75)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
OccupationFolklorist, scholar
NationalityRussian, Soviet
SubjectFolklore of Russia, folklore
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