Good Translation of _Odin den'...

[Svitlana Kobets]

Dear Professor Kalb,
Thank you very much for your correction!
Best wishes,
Svitlana Kobets

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From: "Judith E Kalb" <kalbj at GWM.SC.EDU>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Good Translation of _Odin den'...


> Dear colleagues,
> A quick correction to Professor Kobets's email: the 1963 translation was
by
> Ralph Parker.  Kalb provided the introduction (he was also instrumental in
> getting this work published in the US).  The introduction, which I just
> shared with my students as this edition is not readily available, provides
> an intriguing glimpse into the period when this book came out, from the
> perspective of a Russian-speaking American journalist then posted in
> Moscow.  It's worth noting re translations that the Willetts translation
is
> more complete and perhaps provides a better feel for the language of the
> original.
> Best wishes,
> Judith Kalb
>
> At 02:26 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Peter,
> >I found a translation by H. T. Willetts (2001) better than the one by
Marvin
> >L. Kalb (1963).
> >You can also check Klimoff's collection of critical essays about "One
Day"
> >and see which translation is preferred by most of the scholars.
> >Klimoff, Alexis. "The Sober Eye: Ivan Denisovich and the Peasant
> >Perspective." One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Critical
Companion.
> >Ed. Alexis Klimoff. Evanston: Northwestern UP, 1997.
> >Good luck,
> >Svitlana Kobets
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Judith E. Kalb
> Assistant Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
> Director of the Russian Program
> Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
> phone: (803) 777-9615
> e-mail: jkalb at sc.edu
>
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