Aza Alibekovna Takho-Godi (Russian: Аза Алибековна Тахо-Годи; born 26 October 1922, in Makhachkala, Dagestan) is a Soviet and Russian philologist.[1] Since 1954 she was officially married to philosopher and philologist Aleksei Losev, whom she met in 1944.[2][3]

Aza Takho-Godi
EducationDoctor of Sciences in Philology Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationClassical philologist, translator Edit this on Wikidata
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Takho-Godi graduated from the Philological Faculty of Moscow State Pedagogical University in 1944.[1] She defended her dissertation, titled «Поэтические тропы Гомера и их социальный смысл», at Lomonosov Moscow State University.[2] She lectured at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv from 1948 to 1949, then worked as an associate professor at Moscow Regional Pedagogical Institute from 1949 to 1957.[1] Since 1958 till now she works at Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 1959 she defended her doctoral dissertation at the Gorky Institute of World Literature. Her thesis was called «Античность и русские революционные демократы в связи с предшествующей им лит.-эстетической традицией».[2] In 1965, she received the title of Professor.[1] From 1962 to 1996 she headed the Department of Classical Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.[4] Under her editorship, the complete works of Plato in Russian were published (1990-1994). She supervised the publication of Aleksei Losev works, and also organized the Library-Museum "A.F. Losev House". Her bibliography from 1952 to 2023 includes about 1000 items. Her book "Life and Destiny: Memories" has been reprinted twice (2009; 2023).

Takho-Godi turned 100 in October 2022, for which she was awarded the Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Тахо-Годи Аза Алибековна" [Takho-Godi Aza Alibekovna]. Molodaya Gvardiya (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Тахо-Годи Аза Алибековна" [Takho-Godi Aza Alibekovna]. Moscow State Pedagogical University (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ Pushchaev, Yuri (27 October 2014). "Аза Тахо-Годи: Лосев молился даже на ученых советах – Православный журнал «Фома»" [Aza Takho-Godi: Losev prayed even at academic councils]. Foma Magazine (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Тахо-Годи, Аза Алибековна".
  5. ^ a b "Святейший Патриарх Кирилл удостоил А.А. Тахо-Годи ордена равноапостольной княгини Ольги" [His Holiness Patriarch Kirill honored A.A. Takho-Godi of the Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga]. Russian Orthodox Church (in Russian). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ Novoselova, Elena; Yakovleva, Elena (25 October 2012). "Аза Тахо-Годи: Личность органически воспроизводит культуру" [Aza Takho-Godi: Personality Organically Reproduces Culture]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.