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Richard Pevear

Born

in Waltham, Massachusetts, The United States

April 21, 1943

Genre

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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.32 avg rating — 197,310 ratings — published 1880 — 1306 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.26 avg rating — 30,919 ratings — published 1872 — 568 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.20 avg rating — 510,521 ratings — published 1866 — 2124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) , Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 533,193 ratings — published 1877 — 1735 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.19 avg rating — 104,028 ratings — published 1869 — 972 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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