Asar Eppel
Asar Isayevich Eppel (11 January 1935 – 20 February 2012) was a Russian writer and translator.
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Asar Eppel
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- Born
- 11 January 1935
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Died
- 20 February 2012
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- linguist · writer · translator · novelist
- Education
- Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
- Languages
- Russian
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Asar Isayevich Eppel (11 January 1935 – 20 February 2012) was a Russian writer and translator.
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Asar Eppel (1935–2012) was a linguist, novelist and translator, among other activities, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The linguist was born and died in Moscow. Asar Eppel was educated at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. Languages used include Russian.
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• Born — 11 January 1935 • Birthplace — Moscow, Soviet Union • Died — 20 February 2012 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Notable Works — The Grassy Street Red Caviar Sandwiches
Biography
Biography
Eppel was born in Ostankino, a suburb of Moscow. He studied architecture at the Institute of Civil Engineering. He worked as a translator in the Soviet Union, being unable to publish his fictional works under the Soviet Government. He translated Bruno Schulz and Wisława Szymborska from Polish, the foreign language he is most proficient in, and poems from Petrarch, Boccaccio, Rudyard Kipling and Berthold Brecht. His works of fiction include the story The Grassy Street (1996) and the novel The Mushroom of My Life (2001). Eppel died, aged 77, in Moscow.
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English translations
• The Grassy Street, The GLAS Series, Vol 18, 1998. • Red Caviar Sandwiches, Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida, Penguin Classics, 2005.
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Asar Eppel is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as linguist, writer, translator and novelist.
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1935
Asar Eppel was born on 11 January 1935.
2012
Asar Eppel died on 20 February 2012.
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- 1.Novikova, Lisa. Izvestia. 2012-02-20.
- 2.Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida, Penguin Classics, 2005.
- 3.Russian PEN centre. Assar Eppel Biography.
- 4.Contemporary Jewish Writing in Europe: A Guide, Indiana University Press, 2008.
- 5.Асар Исаевич Эппель. Биографическая справка РИА Новости.
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