Alexander Vovin

Alexander (Sasha) Vladimirovich Vovin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Вовин; 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022) was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist, and director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, France. He was a world-renowned linguist, well known for his research on East Asian languages.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Vovin.
Alexander Vladimirovich Vovin
Александр Владимирович Вовин
Born(1961-01-27)27 January 1961
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day St. Petersburg, Russia)
Died8 April 2022(2022-04-08) (aged 61)
Paris, France
Spouse
Sambi Ishisaki-Vovin
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(m. 2000)​
Children3
Academic background
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
Thesis (1987)
Academic work
InstitutionsSchool for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Miami University, University of Michigan
Doctoral studentsMarc Miyake
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