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Nikolai Boris Popov

ニコライ・ボリス・ポポフ

Nikolai Boris Popov

Aliases: Nikolai Popov

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952
Nationality
Bulgarian
Languages
Bulgarian, English, German
Residence History
Seattle, Washington, United States

Career

Occupations
Translator, Professor
Active Years
1994-
Affiliations
University of Washington

Education

University of Washington
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: United States

Awards

Griffin Poetry Prize
2001
Work: Selected Poems of Blaga Dimitrova
Organization: The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Result: shortlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Translations by Author

  • Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan (co-translated with Heather McHugh, 2004)
  • Poems of Blaga Dimitrova (co-translated with Heather McHugh)

Trivia

  • On May 13, 2012, he fell 160 feet into a crevasse while skiing near Whistler, British Columbia, but was rescued unscathed.
  • He was married to poet Heather McHugh from 1987 to 2010.