Aza Takho-Godi

Aza Takho-Godi
Education	Doctor of Sciences in Philology
Alma mater	Moscow State Pedagogical University
Occupation	Classical philologist, translator
Employer	Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Awards

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]

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]

Recognition

• Doktor Nauk in Philological Sciences (1959)^[1]
• Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University (1965)^[1]
• Honoured Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University (1992)^[1]
• Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation (1998)^[1]
• Honoured Scientist of Dagestan (2012)^[6]
• Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, First Degree (2022)^[5]

References

1. "Тахо-Годи Аза Алибековна" [Takho-Godi Aza Alibekovna]. Molodaya Gvardiya (in Russian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
2. "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. "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.