The Master and Margarita question

[June P. Farris]

I was able to identify 5 English translations by 7 translators:
Michael Glenny, Mirra Ginsburg, Diana Burgin & Katherine O'Connor, Pevear & Volokhonsky, Hugh Alpin.


May, Rachel. "Three Translations of "The Master and Margarita." In: Translation Review 55 (1998): 29-33.

Shuttleworth, Mark. "Manuscripts Don't Translate? Some Issues Arising from the Translating of Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita." In: Babel: Revue internationale de la traduction = International Journal of Translation 40,4 (1994): 193-202.

Solotaroff, Theodore. "Christ and the Commissars." In: New Republic 157,23 (1967): 26-29. [discusses the Glenny & Ginsburg translations)


If you go to the print volumes of "The American Bibliography for Slavic & East European Studies" for the years when each English translation appeared, you should find clusters of reviews. The online database for ABSEES thus far does not include the early years (1967-1968).



The following citations are from Book Review Digest:

Michael Glenny translation:

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtam1PuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Howe, Irving Harper's Magazine (10457143), Jan 1968, Vol. 236, p70-70,

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtai1PuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Pawel, Ernst Commentary, Mar 1968, Vol. 45, p90-90, 1p

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtaiuPuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Trickett, Rachel Yale Review, Mar 1968, Vol. 57, p440-440, 1p

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtaexPuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Fanger, Donald Nation, 22 Jan 1968, Vol. 206, p117-117, 1p

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtae2PuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Davenport, Guy National Review, 30 Jan 1968, Vol. 20, p93-93, 1p

The master and Margarita (Book Review)<http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bZRtq%2b3ULKk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nrkexpq1KrqewOLaws024qrU4v8OkjPDX7Ivf2fKB7eTnfLujr0muqrVPsq%2bzTqTi34bls%2bOGpNrgVeDo8D7y1%2bVVv8Skeeyzs0q1prNNtamwPuTl8IXf6rt%2b8%2bLqjOPu8gAA&hid=108> By: Miller, Thomas Commonweal, 2 Feb 1968, Vol. 87, p544-544, 1p


June Farris



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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Olga Leshcheva
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 3:09 PM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] The Master and Margarita question

Dear SEELANGS Members,

Has anyone run across interesting reviews on the various translations (Russian to English) of The Master and Margarita?

I would really appreciate your help.

Best regards,
Olga Leshcheva

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Olga Leshcheva

M.A.Candidate
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
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Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E6
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