A Short Life of Pushkin

Robert Chandler

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Pushkin Press
23 August 2017

Biography: literary; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

In Robert Chandler's exquisite biography, literary giant Alexander Pushkin, lauded as the Russian Shakespeare, is examined as writer, lover and public figure. Chandler explores his relationship to politics and provides a fascinating glimpse of the turbulent period Pushkin lived through. The book acts as a succinct guide for anybody trying to understand Russia's most celebrated literary figure and also illuminates the wider historical and political context of early nineteenth-century Russia.

By: Robert Chandler
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781782273448
ISBN 10: 1782273441
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 23 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Chandler is an acclaimed and award-winning translator of Russian literature. As well as translating works by Teffi for Pushkin Press, including her collection of short stories Subtly Worded and her memoir Memories - From Moscow to the Black Sea, he has edited three anthologies for Penguin Classics and translated a number of books by Vasily Grossman and Andrey Platonov. He runs a monthly translation workshop at Pushkin House and has published poems in the TLS and Poetry Review.

Reviews for A Short Life of Pushkin

"Chandler, a superb translator from the Russian, rises to the challenge as he celebrates the writing while dodging the ""crushing weight of reverence"" Independent An engaging and enjoyable ""brief life"" of Russia's greatest, most quintessential poet TLS This superb, short... book is a masterwork... a digestible, readable biography Russian Life Magazine"