Quick Facts

NAME: Mikhail Bakhtin
OCCUPATION: Linguist, Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: November 17, 1895
DEATH DATE: March 07, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH: Orel, Russia
PLACE OF DEATH: Moscow, Russia

Best Known For

Mikhail Bakhtin was a Russian literary critic, linguist and philosopher.

Mikhail Bakhtin biography

Profile

Mikhail Bakhtin was born on November 17, 1895 in Orel, Russia. Literary theorist and philosopher of language, Bakhtin's work frequently offended the Soviet authorities. In 1929 he was exiled from Vitsyebsk to Kazakhstan. Known for Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, his ideas influenced Western thinking in cultural history, linguistics, literary theory, and aesthetics. Bakhtin died in 1975.

How to Cite this Page:

Mikhail Bakhtin

APA Style

Mikhail Bakhtin. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:40, Jun 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687.

Harvard Style

Mikhail Bakhtin. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687 [Accessed 19 Jun 2013].

MLA Style

"Mikhail Bakhtin." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Jun 19 2013, 08:40 http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687.

MHRA Style

"Mikhail Bakhtin," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687 [accessed Jun 19, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Mikhail Bakhtin," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687 (accessed Jun 19, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Mikhail Bakhtin [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 Jun 19] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687.

Bluebook Style

Mikhail Bakhtin, http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687 (last visited Jun 19, 2013).

AMA Style

Mikhail Bakhtin. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-bakhtin-40687. Accessed Jun 19, 2013.