Stanley Mitchell

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

Not all of you will have known Stanley Mitchell personally, but many of you will know his outstanding translation of ONEGIN, a true masterpiece.

I am writing to pass on the terrible news that he died last night.  He collapsed on his way home after attending a philosophy forum. He was taken to hospital, but he died within an hour or so.  It seems likely that this was the result of a heart attack, but it will be investigated further.

I will write again when I know details of the funeral.

Stanley had been working during his last days on a translation of 'The Bronze Horseman'.  I had commissioned him to do this for an anthology of Russian poetry in translation that I am compiling.

Yours,

Robert



Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD





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