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Abstract: The article presents an interview of I. Z. Belobrovtseva, characterizing the personality of Yu. M. Lotman as well as the significance of his works for structural semiotics in literary criticism of the 20th century. Irina Zakharovna Belobrovtseva is an Estonian specialist in literary studies, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Russian Literature at the Institute for the Humanities of Tallinn University, Laureate of the Estonian State Prize in Science. Her research interests are Russian literature and culture of the 20th – 21st centuries, Estonian literature and culture, Russian literature of Estonia. She is author of the following books: “Over the Blank Page Alone and with Hope: Articles on Contemporary Estonian Literature” (1987), “Reading Poetry Together: A Guide for Teachers” (1994), “Mikhail Bulgakov’s Novel “Master and Margarita”: Constructive Principles of Text Organization” (1997), “Mikhail Bulgakov’s Novel “The Master and Margarita”. Commentary.” (co-authored with S. Kulyus, 2004, 2006, 2007), “The Image of a "Small Enemy": the Baltic States and Poland in the Mirror of Soviet Caricature (1918–1940)” (co-authored with D. Vseviov, A. Danilevsky, 2014), “Leonid Zurov. In the Shadow of Bunin” (2020) and others.

About the author(s) :

Irina Z. Belobrovtseva 

Tallinn University (Tallinn, Estonia)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-4642

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 24.02.2022; date of publication: 30.03.2022