Vladimir Muravyov (translator)

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Vladimir Sergeyevich Muravyov (

Muravyov graduated from the philological faculty of the Moscow State University. He wrote two monographs on Jonathan Swift (1968, 1972) and several articles on modern English-American science fiction. He was working in the Soviet Library of Foreign Literature when he started the search for Western reviews of The Lord of the Rings. Muravyov noted the furor the book was causing and began discussing it with a few people.

Translations

The Kistyakovsky-Muravyov translation of

Muravyov also translated the works of

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Muriel Spark, Evelyn Waugh and Colin Thiele

.

Other information

Muravyov is the son of

literary critic and translator Irina Muravyova (translator) and the stepson of Russian philosopher Grigory Pomerants

.

Muravyov's son Alexey is a renowned scholar of Syriac Christian writers. He is also a scholar on other Oriental Christian cultures and literatures.

See also

• Translations of The Lord of the Rings

Notes

1. ^ "Большая энциклопедия Кирилла и Мефодия 2008" (DVD)
2. ^ Ваш любимый перевод "Властелина Колец" (in Russian). Tolkien.su. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
3. ^ ^{a b} Дорога туда (in Russian). Gameplay.com.ua. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Андрей Горелик. Жизнь и деятельность бедненького Смеагорла, или иди-ка сюда, мразь! (in Russian). Kulichki.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

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