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Osip Emilevich Mandelstam

Osip Emilevich Mandelstam

9.9
A Russian poet and essayist who criticized Stalin and suffered for it
  • proper noun
: Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
  • Several of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam's poems subtly criticized the Soviet regime.

Examples

  • The tragic life and fate of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam have inspired generations of writers.

  • Many literary critics praise Osip Emilevich Mandelstam for the depth and originality of his poetry.

  • Osip Emilevich Mandelstam was a brilliant poet.

  • Many scholars study Osip Emilevich Mandelstam for his unique style.

  • Many literary critics praise Osip Emilevich Mandelstam for the depth and originality of his poetry.

  • Several of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam's poems subtly criticized the Soviet regime.

  • The tragic life and fate of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam have inspired generations of writers.

Synonyms

Mandelshtam
vsOsip Emilevich Mandelstam
  • Literature
1 9.9

A Russian poet of the early 1900s who died in a Soviet prison camp

is the same person but uses another transliteration

Surface Forms

Osip Emilevich Mandelstam main

Morphology

Osip + Emilevich + Mandelstam

This is a full personal name (given name + patronymic + surname) whose referent — a Russian poet and his biographical details — cannot be derived from the constituent tokens, which are not lexical words with compositional meaning. Proper names are conventionally non-compositional across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Osip Emilevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet who wrote brave poems that criticized Stalin's government. Because he spoke out, he was arrested and died far from home, so his name now stands for 'brave' poetry and a tragic fate.