Sad news

[Donna Orwin]

Dear Colleagues,

I am sorry to announce the sudden death at age 79 on April 28, 2014 of Galina Iakovlevna Galagan.  A philologist of the old school, Galina Iakovlevna was an important critic and scholar of both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, as well as a long time editor at Russkaia Literatura.  Pushkinskii dom, where she worked for decades, has posted a memorial page to which those who wish can contribute.  See http://www.pushkinskijdom.ru/.  When one is available, I will post a detailed obituary on SEELANGS.
I was privileged to know Galina Iakovlevna personally, so I can attest to her generosity of spirit as well as her immense learning and thoughtfulness.   Her contributions to Tolstoy scholarship were enormous.  In recent years she has been working on the diaries for the new Academy edition of Tolstoy; whoever takes her place in this endeavor will have big shoes to fill, though hopefully the new scholar can build on a foundation laid by her.
May she rest in peace.

Best to all,

Donna Orwin

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Donna Tussing Orwin, F.R.S.C., Professor and Chair
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Toronto
President, North American Tolstoy Society
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