the bronze horseman

[Perova Natasha]

There is a new translation of the Bronze Horseman by Daniel Weissbort, 
ex-editor of Modern Poetry in Translation. He worked on it for many years 
and it is not yet published. Those interested can write to Valentina 
Polukhina, his wife and colleague:
valentina.polukhina at ntlworld.com

Natasha Perova
Glas New Russian Writing
tel/fax: (7)495-4419157
perova at glas.msk.su
www.glas.msk.su

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From: "Ronald Meyer" <rm56 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] the bronze horseman


> Over the years I've used Walter Arndt's translation of Bronze Horseman,
> published in Pushkin, Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry (Ardis,
> 1984), now available in paperback from Overlook. I recommended Arndt to a
> colleague last year and she was pleased with how it worked in her class of
> undergraduates. Arndt's translation certainly takes care of the
> "narrative" of Pushkin, if not always the "lyrical." There's also a good
> translation by Catharine Nepomnyashchy in the Ardis Anthology of Russian
> Romanticism, edited by Christine Rydel (Ardis, 1984), but that may be more
> difficult to find.
>
> Ronald Meyer
> Adjunct Assistant Professor, M. A. Program in Russian Translation
> Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University
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> Harriman Institute
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>
>
>
>
> On 8/8/11 4:13 PM, "Sasha Spektor" <xrenovo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Could you please advice on an adequate translation of Mednyi Vsadnik?  I'm
>>planning to teach a survey of 19th century Russ lit and while I'm trying
>>to
>>avoid as much poetry in translation as possible, this work seems to be too
>>seminal to miss.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Sasha.
>>
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