Donald Rayfield
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Donald Rayfield | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 83–84) |
| Occupations | Professor of Georgian and Russian languages, Translator |
| Known for | Stalin and His Hangmen |
| Notable work | Kvachi Kvachantiradze A Man Was Going Down the Road The Literature of Georgia: A History A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia |
Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London.[1] He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia. He has translated Georgian, Russian and Uzbek poets and prose writers.
In March 2025, Donald Rayfield declined an award from the Writers' House of Georgia. Speaking at an event in London, he stated that he could not accept any gift associated with the Georgian Dream party.[2]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1976)
- The Cherry Orchard: Catastrophe and Comedy (1994) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Anton Chekhov: A Life (1997) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (and several other reprints)
- Understanding Chekhov: A Critical Study of Chekhov's Prose and Drama (1999)
- The Garnett Book of Russian Verse (2000)
- The Literature of Georgia: A History (2000)
- Stalin and His Hangmen (2004) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (and several other reprints)
- A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary (2006)
- Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and the Wood Demon (2007)
- Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia (2012)
- ‘A Seditious and Sinister Tribe’: The Crimean Tatars and Their Khanate (Reaktion Books, 2024)[3]
Translations from Russian
[edit | edit source]- Dead Souls, translation of Gogol's 1842 novel (Garnett Press, 2008; New York Review Books, 2012)
- Kolyma Stories (first half of the complete set), translation of Varlam Shalamov's stories (New York Review Books, 2018)
- Sketches of the Criminal World: Further Kolyma Stories (second half of the complete set), translation of Varlam Shalamov's stories (New York Review Books, 2020)
- Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Selected Stories of Nikolai Leskov (New York Review Books, 2020)
Translations from Georgian
[edit | edit source]- A Man Was Going Down the Road - Otar Chiladze (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Avelum - Otar Chiladze (2013) ASIN B00DG9QLZ0
- The Story of My Life - Akaki Tsereteli (2013) ASIN B00COQSC7Q
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- Unveiling Vazha Pshavela - Vazha Pshavela, Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili, edited by Andro Semeiko (2019) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Translations from Uzbek
[edit | edit source]- The Devils' Dance - Hamid Ismailov (2018) - with poetry translated by John Farndon
- Manaschi - Hamid Ismailov (2021)
References
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