Clarence Manning

Clarence Manning

Clarence Augustus Manning (April 1, 1893 – October 4, 1972)[1][2] was a prominent U.S. Slavicist[1]. He worked for 43 years at the Columbia University in New York[2], eventually being appointed chairman of the Department of Slavic Studies[1]. He published a number of studies on Slavic languages, countries and people, as well as translations of important Slavic works of literature, and was a pioneer in opening the field of study of Slavic peoples in the U.S. beyond the dominance of Russian studies of the times[1].

Clarence received his bachelor's degree at the Columbia University in 1912 and master's in 1913[2]. During First World War, he worked in the intelligence police corps of the translation section of the Military Intelligence Division, having rank of sergeant[2]. In 1915 he received his PhD[2], then became a lecturer in Slavic languages in 1917 and an instructor in 1921[2].

In 1922, he became acting head of the department of Slavic languages in absence of John Dyneley Prince[3], and later that year spent three months travelling through Eastern Europe, visiting Slavic countries and Greece[4].

In 1924 he received the rank of assistant professor[2], in 1935 became assistant professor of European languages[2], and in 1947 assistant professor of Slavic languages[2]. In 1948, he received an honorary PhD from the Ukrainian Free University in Munich[2]. He was also a member of the School of Slavonic Studies, Shevchenko Scientific Society and Slavonic Institute of Prague[2].

In 1952 he became associate professor of Slavic languages[2]. He retired in 1958[2], but continued publishing until his death in 1972. He was married to Louise Marshall, and had one daughter, Alice Vail[2].

Bibliography

  • A study of archaism in Euripides (1916)
  • Professionalism in Greek athletics (1917)
  • Dostoyevsky and Modern Russian Literature (1922)
  • An anthology of Czechoslovak poetry (1929)
  • Marko, The King's Son: Hero of The Serbs (1932)
  • Ivan Franko (1937)
  • Karel Čapek (1941)
  • Ukrainian Literature: Studies Of The Leading Authors (1944, reprinted in 1971)
  • Taras Shevchenko: Selected Poems (1945)
  • Soldier of Liberty, Casimir Pulaski (1945)
  • The Axis satellites and Greece, our ally (1946)
  • The History of Ukraine (1947)
  • Outline of Ukrainian History (1949, second edition 1964)
  • Spirit of Flame: Lesya Ukrainka (1950), editor
  • Twentieth Century Ukraine (1951)
  • The Siberian Fiasco (1952)
  • The Forgotten Republics (1952)
  • Russian Influence On Early America (1953)
  • The Rays of the Microcosm (1953)
  • Ukraine Under the Soviets (1953)
  • A History of Slavic studies in the United States (1957)
  • Hetman of Ukraine: Ivan Mazeppa (1957)
  • The History Of Modern Bulgarian Literature (1960)
  • Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia (1963), contributor — Volodymyr Kubijovyc, editor

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