Contents • • • • • • • • • Richard Pevear [ ] Richard Pevear was born in on 21 April 1943. Pevear earned a B.A. Degree from in 1964, and a M.A. Degree from the in 1965. He has taught at the,,,, and the.

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In 1998, he joined the faculty of the (AUP), where he taught courses in Russian literature and translation. In 2007, he was named Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at AUP, and in 2009 he became Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Besides translating Russian classics, Pevear also translated from the French (Alexandre Dumas, Yves Bonnefoy, Jean Starobinsky), Italian (Alberto Savinio), Spanish, and Greek (Aias, by Sophokles, in collaboration with Herb Golder). Vehicle Outlines there. He is also the author of two books of poems (The Night Talk, and Exchanges).

Pevear is mostly known for his work in collaboration with Larissa Volokhonsky on translation of Russian classics. Larissa Volokhonsky [ ] Larissa Volokhonsky was born into a Jewish family in, now, on 1 October 1945. After graduating from with a degree in mathematical linguistics, she worked in the and travelled extensively in Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka (1968-1973). Volokhonsky emigrated to Israel in 1973, where she lived for two years.

Having moved to the United States in 1975, she studied at (1977-1979) and at (1979-1981), where her professors were the Orthodox theologians and. She completed her studies of theology with the diploma of Master of Divinity from Yale. She began collaboration with her husband Richard Pevear in 1985. Larissa Volokhonsky translated from English into Russian 'For the Life of the World' by (RBR,Inc, 1982) and 'Introduction to Patristic Theology' by (RBR,Inc, 1981) Both translations are still in print in Russia. Together with Richard Pevear she translated into English some poetry and prose by her brother, (published in: Modern Poetry in Translation, New series. Vol 10, Winter 196, Grand Street,Spring 1989, ed. Sharepoint 2010 Ms Project Site Template.

Together with she translated several poems by (Hudson Review, Vol. 61, Issue 4, Winter 2009). Volokhonsky is mostly known for her work in collaboration with Richard Pevear on translation of Russian classics. Collaboration [ ] Volokhonsky met Pevear in the United States in 1976 and they married six years later. The couple now live in Paris and have two trilingual children. Pevear and Volokhonsky began working together when Pevear was reading 's and Volokhonsky noticed what she regarded to be the inadequacy of the translation.

As a result, the couple collaborated on their own version, producing three sample chapters which they sent to publishers. They were turned down by and but received encouragement from a number of Slavic scholars and were in the end accepted by, a small publishing house in who paid them a $6,000 advance. It went on to win a. Their translation of won another PEN/BOMC Translation Prize. Chose this translation of Anna Karenina as a selection for her 'Oprah's Book Club' on her television program, which led to a major increase in sales of this translation and greatly increased recognition for Pevear and Volokhonsky.