Wilhelm Levick
Illustration — Signature Wilhelm Veniaminovich Levick (December 31, 1906 (13 January 1907) in Kiev – September 16, 1982 in Moscow) was a Russian poet, translator, literary critic and artist. He translated Shakespeare, Byron, Baudelaire, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, La Fontaine, Mickiewicz, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Camões, Petrarch, Gautier, Lenau, Aragon and others. Many famous poets, translators and writers have noted that Levik translations are characterized by high culture, poetry and precision in the transmission of the original.
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Wilhelm Levick
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- Born
- 1906 · Kyiv.
- Died
- 1982 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Russian Republic · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- poet · translator · literary scholar · writer
- Honours
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Signature Wilhelm Veniaminovich Levick (December 31, 1906 (13 January 1907) in Kiev – September 16, 1982 in Moscow) was a Russian poet, translator, literary critic and artist. He translated Shakespeare, Byron, Baudelaire, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, La Fontaine, Mickiewicz, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Camões, Petrarch, Gautier, Lenau, Aragon and others. Many famous poets, translators and writers have noted that Levik translations are characterized by high culture, poetry and precision in the transmission of the original.
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He wrote a number of theoretical works, which are devoted to how the problems of literary translation and the creativity of major European poets.
Wilhelm Levick is recorded as having received Order of Friendship of Peoples.
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1906
Wilhelm Levick born at Kyiv.
1982
Wilhelm Levick died at Moscow.
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