Tag: Olga Slavnikova

August 30, 2019

Weekend Reading List: Russian Literature in Translation

Women In Translation Month is winding down to a close, but you can still expand your literary horizons to include more works of Russian Literature authored by women. Our list below is split into two parts, first up is contemporary works of...

August 29, 2019

Book Excerpts! KLOTSVOG and THE MAN WHO COULDN’T DIE

 “Since its launch, the series has already enhanced the scope of Russian literary texts available in English, and it promises significantly more to come, with planned titles ranging from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, by both new and established translators.” ~Katherine Bowers, Translation and...

August 28, 2019

Q&A: Marian Schwartz on The Man Who Couldn’t Die

“Darkly sardonic . . . . oddly timely, for there are all sorts of understated hints about voter fraud, graft, payoffs, and the endless promises of politicians who have no intention of keeping them. It is also deftly constructed, portraying...

May 20, 2019

Russian Literature Week 2019

It’s Russian Literature Week! All week (May 20-24) there will be events with acclaimed Russian authors, famed translators, and leading scholars and critics celebrating Russian literature. We’re bringing the #RussianLiteratureWeek celebration online by sharing excerpts throughout the week from our...

March 28, 2019

Media Roundup: Books With Strong Female Characters

In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we are featuring fictional works with strong female characters. In each of these stories, readers experience a place in time through the eyes and experiences of the protagonist(s). Enter the giveaway for a...

February 7, 2019

Marian Schwartz On Translating the Title of The Man Who Couldn’t Die

Today’s #TranslationThursday post comes to us from Marian Schwartz, who translated Olga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being. In this piece, Schwartz discusses the literary aspects she considered in translating the title from Russian to English. •  • ...

December 18, 2018

New Book Tuesday! My Brilliant Friends, Alan Brinkley, Taming the Wild Horse, and More

Our weekly list of new releases is now available! The Man Who Couldn’t Die The Tale of an Authentic Human Being Olga Slavnikova, translated by Marian Schwartz Alan Brinkley A Life in History Edited by David Greenberg, Moshik Temkin, and...