Mikhail Lozinsky
Illustration — Sketch of Lozinsky and Akhmatova, by Sergey Gorodetsky, 1913. Mikhail Leonidovich Lozinsky (20 July 1886 – 31 January 1955) is deemed to be the most accomplished Russian translator of the 20th century. "In the difficult and noble art of translation," said Anna Akhmatova, "Lozinsky was for the twentieth century what Zhukovsky was for the nineteenth." Lozinsky was born in Gatchina and spent his life in St.
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Mikhail Lozinsky
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- Born
- 1886 · Gatchina.
- Died
- 1955 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · translator · editing staff · writer
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
- Languages
- Italian · Russian
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Illustration — Sketch of Lozinsky and Akhmatova, by Sergey Gorodetsky, 1913. Mikhail Leonidovich Lozinsky (20 July 1886 – 31 January 1955) is deemed to be the most accomplished Russian translator of the 20th century. "In the difficult and noble art of translation," said Anna Akhmatova, "Lozinsky was for the twentieth century what Zhukovsky was for the nineteenth." Lozinsky was born in Gatchina and spent his life in St.
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Born at Gatchina in 1886, died in Saint Petersburg in 1955.
Mikhail Lozinsky studied at Saint Petersburg State University. The recorded working language is Italian and Russian. Employment is recorded with National Library of Russia. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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- 1.Лозинский Михаил Леонидович (1886-1955). funeral-spb.ru.
- 2.Гиперборей, издательство и журнал, 1914-18. www.encspb.ru.
- 3.Лозинский Михаил Леонидович. www.nlr.ru (site de la Bibliothèque nationale).
- 4.Игнатий Ивановский (Ignati Ivanovski). Воспоминания о Михаиле Лозинском. Souvenirs de Mikhaïl Lozinski. Нева. 2005. 2017-08-08.
- 5.Искусство перевода: к 50-летию со дня смерти Михаила Лозинского. Радио Свобода.
- 6.Вадим Николаев (Vadim Nikolaïev). Михаил Лозинский. К 120-летию со дня рождения. Mikhaïl Lozinski. Pour les 120 ans de sa naissance. Мир перевода. 1(15). 2006. 36-39.
- 7.Efim. Etkind. Problèmes de métatraduction. Revue Russe. 18. 2000. 10.3406/russe.2000.2076. 2017-08-07. 8–16.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Эткинд Е. (A. Etkind). Искусство переводчик. L'art du traducteur. Иностранная литература. 1956.
- Карп И. (I. Karl). Преображение. О переводе поэзии. Surmonter. Sur la traduction de la poésie. Звезда. 1966.
- Я, петербуржец. Переписка А. А. Блока и М. Л. Лозинского. Предисловие, публикация и комментарии А. Лаврова и Р. Тименчика. Moi, Pétersbourgeois. Transcription des entretiens d'A. Blok et de M. Lozinski. Préface, publication et commentaires d'A. Lavrova et de R. Timentchenka. Литературное обозрение. 1986.
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