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Janko Lavrin (1887 – 13 August 1986) was a Slovenian novelist, poet, critic, translator and historian. He was Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham. An enthusiast for psycho-analysis, he wrote what he called 'psycho-critical studies' of Ibsen, Nietzsche and Tolstoy. ==Works== Lavrin was born in Krupa, White Carniola, Slovenia.〔(Catalogue record for MS 806 ) at the University of Nottingham.〕 He was educated in Austria, Russia and Scandinavia,〔 moving to St Petersburg in 1908 to study Russian language and literature.〔 He was a journalist in St Petersburg before World War I. In 1915-16 he served as war correspondent for ''Novoye Vremya'' covering the Serbian army's retreat through Albania.〔 Returning to Russia in 1917, Lavrin decided to stay to England. He found work as a journalist, becoming part of the circle around A. R. Orage. In 1919 Bernard Pares helped Lavrin to get a teaching job at the University of Nottingham,〔 and he became Professor of Slavonic Studies there in 1923.〔 Lavrin was a friend of the Russian critic D. S. Mirsky in London in the 1920s.〔 In 1928 he married the artist and book illustrator Nora Fry.〔 In 1934-5 he edited ''The European Quarterly'' with Edwin Muir.〔 During World War II he joined the BBC, broadcasting to occupied Europe. He rejoined Nottingham University part-time in 1944.〔 After retirement from the University in 1952, Lavrin continued to write and translate.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janko Lavrin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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