:''This is a Mordvin name; the given name is Sandra.''
Aleksandr Markovich Sharonov (born 18 February 1942) (russian: Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Шаро́нов, , alias Sharononj Sandra (
Erzya language: Шарононь Сандра, ''Šaronoń Sandra'', ) is a
Mordvin (
Russian)
philologist (
Finno-Ugric languages), folklorist, poet and prose writer.
["Шаронов Александр Маркович"]
(retrieved January 2, 2015)
His research and social interests include history, mythology and folklore of
Erzya and
Moksha peoples.
Works
*''
Mastorava'' an epic poem based on
Mordvin mythology
Finnic mythologies are the mythologies of the various Finnic peoples:
*Finnish mythology
*Estonian mythology
*Komi mythology
*Mari mythology
*Sámi shamanism
See also
* Baltic mythology
* Bear worship
* Dorvyzhy
* Hungarian mythology
* Mastorava
* ...
and folklore, written in Erzya (1994), translated in Moksha, Russian, and Hungarian languages
*Устно-поэтическое творчество мордовского народа (1977)
*На земле Инешкипаза (2006)
*Мордовский героический эпос (2001)
*Эрзя, Меря, Русь в историографии России (2013)
*Потехония, a science fiction novel (2012)
*Планета Эра, poetry and prose (2014)
Recognition
*1997:
Matthias Castrén Society Literary Prize, Finland
[
*1996: Mordovia State Prize, Russia][
]
References
1942 births
Living people
People from Mordovia
Mordvin people
Russian male poets
Russian philologists
Soviet philologists
20th-century philologists
Soviet poets
Soviet male writers
20th-century Russian male writers
Erzyan-language writers
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