Paul Debreczeny: In memoriam

[michael.pushkin]

Dear Tony,

Sad news about Debreczeny.

At last some good news about my sister. The chemo has shrunk her main tumour
from 15-20cms long to 3cms. No more chemo needed for now, but 10 days of
targeted radiotherapy in early April. A great relief.

Hope you and yours are all well.

Best,

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madeline Levine" <mglevine at EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Paul Debreczeny: In memoriam


> I write to share the sad news that Paul Debreczeny, Alumni Distinguished
> Professor Emeritus of Russian and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel
Hill,
> died on March 18th.  Paul was one of the founders of the UNC-CH Department
> of Slavic Languages and Literatures, served as department chair in the
> 1970s, and remained as devoted in retirement to the Department's
development
> as he had been during his years of active service. He was also the
founding
> Director of the UNC-Duke Title VI Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East
> European Studies.  Paul was an internationally recognized scholar, known
> especially for his studies of Pushkin: THE OTHER PUSHKIN: A STUDY OF
> ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S PROSE FICTION (1983), SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF LITERATURE:
> ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AND RUSSIAN CULTURE (1997),and his translations of
> Pushkin's COLLECTED PROSE (1983, rev. 1999). After Paul retired, he turned
> to a study of the life and paintings of Levitan, completing a book-length
> biography of the painter shortly before his death. His many friends and
> colleagues will miss his wide-ranging critical intelligence and gentle,
> engaged presence.
>
> Madeline G. Levine
> University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
>
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