Elena Grechanaya

Literary historian, professor of comparative literature at the University of Orleans, she conducts research on the cultural interactions between Russia and Europe, Russian literature written in French, autobiographical writings, correspondence, poetry and the history of translation. Contributions to collective works:

  • Russian-French literary interactions and the religious context 1797-1825, Moscow, IMLI RAN, 2002 (in Russian; Price Leroy-Beaulieu of the French Embassy in Moscow, 2003).
  • When Russia spoke French: Russian literature written in French (18th - early 19th century), Moscow, IMLI RAN, 2010. (in Russian).
  • Autobiographical practices in Russia and France, Moscow, IMLI RAN, 2006 (co-directed by Catherine Viollet, in Russian).
  • "If you ever read this journal ..." French-speaking Russian diarists 1780-1854, Paris, CNRS Editions, 2008. (with Catherine Viollet).