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.
Donald Rayfield | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | 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 |
BibliographyEdit
- Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1976)
- The Cherry Orchard: Catastrophe and Comedy (1994) ISBN 0-8057-4451-7
- Anton Chekhov: A Life (1997) ISBN 0-00-255503-4 (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) ISBN 0-375-50632-2 (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)
Translations from RussianEdit
- Dead Souls, translation of Gogol's 1842 novel (2008; 2012)
- Kolyma Stories, translation of Varlam Shalamov's stories (Vol. 1, 2018; Vol. 2, 2020)
- Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Selected Stories of Nikolai Leskov (2020)
Translations from GeorgianEdit
- A Man Was Going Down the Road - Otar Chiladze (2012) ISBN 0956468306
- Avelum - Otar Chiladze (2013) ASIN B00DG9QLZ0
- The Story of My Life - Akaki Tsereteli (2013) ASIN B00COQSC7Q
- Kvachi Kvachantiradze - Mikheil Javakhishvili (2015) ISBN 1564788792
- Unveiling Vazha Pshavela - Vazha Pshavela, Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili, edited by Andro Semeiko (2019) ISBN 9780956468345
Translations from UzbekEdit
- The Devils' Dance - Hamid Ismailov (2018) - with poetry translated by John Farndon
- Manaschi - Hamid Ismailov (2021)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Donald Rayfield - School of Languages, Linguistics and Film". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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