Constance Garnett

Ellen Elias-Bursac eliasbursac at GMAIL.COM
Fri Aug 14 16:53:25 UTC 2009


There's a useful book on the Garnett family by Carolyn Heilbrun, and
Constance Garnett wrote a brief piece on translating: "The Art of
Translation" in The Listener, January 30, 1947, p. 195.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:37 PM, JUDITH KORNBLATT <jkornbla at wisc.edu> wrote:

> Does anyone know of a source on the translator Constance Garnett? A
> colleague is writing a book on the British Museum's Reading Room and the
> early women writers, translators, and scholars who were associated with it,
> and it seems that our very own Garnett plays an important role. How did she
> learn Russian? Who did she translate first? Who was the publisher? Any leads
> are appreciated. Thank you.
>
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