Biography

Yuri Lotman (Russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Ло́тман) was a prominent Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian of Russian culture, who worked at the University of Tartu. He was elected a member of the British Academy (1977), Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1987), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1989) and Estonian Academy of Sciences (1990). He was a founder of the Tartu–Moscow Semiotic School. The number of his printed works exceeds 800 titles. His archive (which is now kept at the University of Tallinn and at the Tartu University Library) which includes his correspondence with a number of Russian and Western intellectuals, is immense.

Books by Юрий Михайлович Лотман

High society dinners
High society dinners
2014
Пограничные феномены културы
Пограничные феномены културы
2011
Chemu uchats︠i︡a l︠i︡udi
Chemu uchats︠i︡a l︠i︡udi
2010
Kultur und Explosion
Kultur und Explosion
2010
Nepredskazuemye mekhanizmy kul
Nepredskazuemye mekhanizmy kulʹtury
2010
Culture and explosion
Culture and explosion
2009
Perepiska, 1964-1993
Perepiska, 1964-1993
2008
L'explosion et la culture
L'explosion et la culture
2004
Semiosfera. Kultura i vzryv. Vnutri mysliaschikh mirov. Stati. Issledovaniia. Zametki
Semiosfera. Kultura i vzryv. Vnutri mysliaschikh mirov. Stati. Issledovaniia. Zametki
2004
Dvadt︠s︡atyĭ vek--dvadt︠s︡atʹ
Dvadt︠s︡atyĭ vek--dvadt︠s︡atʹ pervomu veku
2003
Vospitanie dushi
Vospitanie dushi
2003
Vospitanie dushy
Vospitanie dushy
2003
Istorii͡a i tipologii͡a russko
Istorii͡a i tipologii͡a russkoĭ kulʹtury
2002
Statʹi po semiotike kulʹtury i
Statʹi po semiotike kulʹtury i iskusstva
2002
Kultuur ja plahvatus
Kultuur ja plahvatus
2001
La Semiosfera III
La Semiosfera III
2000
La sémiosphère. Nouveaux actes
La sémiosphère. Nouveaux actes sémiotiques
2000
Lit︠s︡a pushkinskoĭ ėpokhi v r
Lit︠s︡a pushkinskoĭ ėpokhi v risunkakh i akvareli︠a︡kh
2000
Lit︠s︡a pushkinskoĭ pory v ris
Lit︠s︡a pushkinskoĭ pory v risunkakh i akvareli︠a︡kh
2000
Semiosfera
Semiosfera
2000
Semiosfera I - Semiotica de La Cultura y del Texto
Semiosfera I - Semiotica de La Cultura y del Texto
2000
Semiosfera II, La
Semiosfera II, La
2000
Uchebnik po russkoĭ literature
Uchebnik po russkoĭ literature
2000
Uchebnik po russkoĭ literature
Uchebnik po russkoĭ literature dli︠a︡ sredneĭ shkoly
2000
Cultura y Explosion
Cultura y Explosion
1999
La sémiosphère
La sémiosphère
1999
Lotmanovskie chtenii︠a︡
Lotmanovskie chtenii︠a︡
1998
Russkai︠a︡ literatura i kulʹtu
Russkai︠a︡ literatura i kulʹtura Prosveshchenii︠a︡
1998
Karamzin
Karamzin
1997
Pisʹma, 1940-1993
Pisʹma, 1940-1993
1997
Velikosovetskie obedȳ
Velikosovetskie obedȳ
1996
Vnutri mysli͡ashchikh mirov
Vnutri mysli͡ashchikh mirov
1996
Vnutri mysli︠a︡shchikh mirov.
Vnutri mysli︠a︡shchikh mirov. chelovek-tekst-semiosfera
1996
Tartuská škola
Tartuská škola
1995
Besedy o russkoĭ kulʹture
Besedy o russkoĭ kulʹture
1994
Besedy o russkoy kulture. Byt i traditsii russkogo dvoryanstva (XVIII - nachalo XIX veka)
Besedy o russkoy kulture. Byt i traditsii russkogo dvoryanstva (XVIII - nachalo XIX veka)
1994
Dialog s ėkranom
Dialog s ėkranom
1994
I͡U.M. Lotman i tartusko-moskovskai͡a semioticheskai͡a shkola
I͡U.M. Lotman i tartusko-moskovskai͡a semioticheskai͡a shkola
1994
Die Struktur literarischer Texte
Die Struktur literarischer Texte
1993
Izbrannye stat'i v trekh tomak
Izbrannye stat'i v trekh tomakh
1993
V chestʹ 70-letii︠a︡ professor
V chestʹ 70-letii︠a︡ professora I︠U︡.M. Lotmana
1992
Kultuurisemiootika
Kultuurisemiootika
1990
Sémiotique de la culture russe
Sémiotique de la culture russe
1990
Semiotique de la culture russe (French Edition)
Semiotique de la culture russe (French Edition)
1990
Ti︠u︡tchevskiĭ sbornik
Ti︠u︡tchevskiĭ sbornik
1990
V shkole poeticheskogo slova
V shkole poeticheskogo slova
1988
Sotvorenie Karamzina
Sotvorenie Karamzina
1987
Literatura i publit︠s︡istika p
Literatura i publit︠s︡istika problemy vzaimodeĭstvii︠a︡
1986
Semiotika prostranstva i prost
Semiotika prostranstva i prostranstvo semiotiki
1986
La semiosfera
La semiosfera
1985
O poėtakh i poėzii
O poėtakh i poėzii
1985
Struktura tekstu artystycznego
Struktura tekstu artystycznego
1984
The semiotics of Russian culture
The semiotics of Russian culture
1984
The Semiotics of Russian Culture (Michigan Slavic Contributions, No 11)
The Semiotics of Russian Culture (Michigan Slavic Contributions, No 11)
1984
Aleksandr Sergeevic̊ Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeevic̊ Pushkin
1983
Finitis duodecim lustris
Finitis duodecim lustris
1982
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
1981
Kunst als Sprache
Kunst als Sprache
1981
Problemy literaturnoĭ tipologi
Problemy literaturnoĭ tipologii i istoricheskoĭ preemstvennosti
1981
Struktura i semiotika khudozhe
Struktura i semiotika khudozhestvennogo teksta
1981
Tekst v tekste
Tekst v tekste
1981
Roman A.S. Pushkina "Evgenii
Roman A.S. Pushkina "Evgenii Onegin" ; kommentarii
1980
Testo e contesto
Testo e contesto
1980
Semiótica de la cultura
Semiótica de la cultura
1979
Vtorichnye modelirui︠u︡shchie
Vtorichnye modelirui︠u︡shchie sistemy
1979
Filmens semiotik och filmestet
Filmens semiotik och filmestetiska fraagor
1977
Sémiotique et esthétique du cinéma
Sémiotique et esthétique du cinéma
1977
Structure of the Artistic Text
Structure of the Artistic Text
1977
Analysis of the poetic text
Analysis of the poetic text
1976
La struttura del testo poetico
La struttura del testo poetico
1976
Semiotics of cinéma
Semiotics of cinéma
1976
Travaux sur les systèmes de si
Travaux sur les systèmes de signes
1976
Die Analyse des poetischen Tex
Die Analyse des poetischen Textes
1975
Theses on the Semiotic Study o
Theses on the Semiotic Study of Culture
1975
Aufsätze zur Theorie und Metho
Aufsätze zur Theorie und Methodologie der Literatur und Kultur
1974
Materialy Vsesoi︠u︡znogo simpo
Materialy Vsesoi︠u︡znogo simpoziuma po vtorichnym modelirui︠u︡shchim sistemam I (5)
1974
Die Struktur des Künstlerische
Die Struktur des Künstlerischen Textes
1973
La structure du texte artistiq
La structure du texte artistique
1973
Ricerche semiotiche
Ricerche semiotiche
1973
Sbornik stateĭ po vtorichnym m
Sbornik stateĭ po vtorichnym modelirui︠u︡shchim sistemam
1973
Semiotika kino i problemy kino
Semiotika kino i problemy kinoėstetiki
1973
Statʹi po tipologii kulʹtury
Statʹi po tipologii kulʹtury
1973
Die Struktur literarischer Tex
Die Struktur literarischer Texte [von] Jurij M. Lotman
1972
Semiotika i iskusstvometrii︠a︡
Semiotika i iskusstvometrii︠a︡
1972
Poėty 1790-1810-kh godov
Poėty 1790-1810-kh godov
1971
Poėty tysiacha sem'sot deviano
Poėty tysiacha sem'sot devianostykh do tysiacha vosemsot desiatykh godov
1971
Struktura khdozhestvennogo tek
Struktura khdozhestvennogo teksta
1971
Predavanja iz strukturalne poe
Predavanja iz strukturalne poetike
1970
Struktura khudozhestvennogo teksta
Struktura khudozhestvennogo teksta
1970
Lektsii po struktural'noi poet
Lektsii po struktural'noi poetike
1968
Poėty nachala XIX veka
Poėty nachala XIX veka
1961
Andreĭ Sergeevich Kaĭsarov i l
Andreĭ Sergeevich Kaĭsarov i literaturno-obshchestvennai︠a︡ bor'ba ego vremeni
1958