About Norman Shneidman Norman N. Shneidman is a professor emeritus in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. Books by Norman Shneidman Russian Literature, 1995-2002 On the Threshold of a New Millennium by (author) Norman Shneidman Russian Literature, 1988-1994 The End of an Era by (author) Norman Shneidman Soviet Literature in the 1970s Artistic diversity and ideological conformity by (author) Norman Shneidman