Richard Pevear

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in Waltham, Massachusetts, The United States

April 21, 1943

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Poetry, Translation

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Richard Pevear is a poet and translator. He is best known for his translations in collaboration with his Russian-born wife, Larissa Volokhonsky, on literature principally in Russian. He has also translated works from the French, Italian and Greek.

Pevear earned a B.A. degree from Allegheny College in 1964, and a M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1965. He has taught at the University of New Hampshire, The Cooper Union, Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and the University of Iowa. In 1998, he joined the faculty of the American University of Paris (AUP), where he teaches courses in Russian literature and translation. In 2007, he was named Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at AUP.

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	Translating Music 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our King Has Horns by Richard Pevear, Robert Payevsky (Illustrator) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mister Cat-and-a-Half by Richard Pevear, Robert Rayevsky (Illustrator) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Talk and Other Poems 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 78,126 ratings — published 1878 — 485 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 10,929 ratings — published 1872 — 231 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 191,246 ratings — published 1866 — 259 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 37,941 ratings — published 1868 — 362 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear (Translator), John Bayley (Preface) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 183,044 ratings — published 1877 — 621 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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