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 Soviet Literature in the 1970s Artistic diversity and ideological conformity by (author) Norman Shneidman