Rossica Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2005) Winner
Oliver Ready
おりばー・れでぃ
Orivā Redi
Aliases:
Oliver James Ready
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1976-04-17 （Pembury, Kent）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Russian, Italian
Career
- Occupations
- Slavist, Russian-English literary translator, Lecturer in Russian literature
- Active Years
- 2001-2024
- Affiliations
- The Times Literary Supplement (Consultant Editor for Russian and East-Central Europe, 2008–2017), St Antony's College, Oxford (Research Fellow, since 2010), University of Oxford (Teacher of Russian literature, since 2014)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester College, Oxford | — | Modern Languages (Russian and Italian) | — | 1994–1998 | United Kingdom |
| School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London | — | Russian Studies | MA | 2000–2001 | United Kingdom |
| Wolfson College, Oxford | — | — | DPhil | — | United Kingdom |
Worcester College, Oxford
Modern Languages (Russian and Italian)
Period:
1994–1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United Kingdom
School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London
Russian Studies
Degree:
MA
Period:
2000–2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United Kingdom
Wolfson College, Oxford
Degree:
DPhil
Year of Graduation:
2007
Country:
United Kingdom
From Aleshkovsky to Galkovsky: the praise of folly in Russian prose since the 1960s
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Rossica Translation Prize | The Prussian Bride | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | Read Russia English Translation Prize | Before and During | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | PEN Translation Prize | Crime and Punishment | — | — | shortlist |
| 2018 | Read Russia Prize | The Rehearsals | — | — | winner |
Rossica Translation Prize
2005
Work:
The Prussian Bride
Result:
winner
Read Russia English Translation Prize
2015
Work:
Before and During
Result:
winner
PEN Translation Prize
2016
Work:
Crime and Punishment
Result:
shortlist
Read Russia Prize
2018
Work:
The Rehearsals
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013
2017 Literary criticismExplores Russian writers' pursuit of wisdom through folly from 1963 to 2013.
follywisdom
Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky trans.)
1866 Psychological novelRaskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker and grapples with guilt and redemption.
crimepunishmentredemptionhuman psyche
Before and During (Sharov trans.)
1993 Historical novelNovel intertwining 20th-century Russian history and personal fate.
historyfate
Bibliography
- Author: Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013 (2017)
- Trans: Yury Buida, The Zero Train (2001)
- Trans: Yury Buida, The Prussian Bride (2002)
- Trans: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (2014)
- Trans: Vladimir Sharov, Before and During (2014)
- Trans: Ivan Maisky, The Maisky Diaries (2016)
- Trans: Vladimir Sharov, The Rehearsals (2018)
- Trans: Nikolai Gogol, And the Earth Will Sit on the Moon (2019)
- Trans: Vladimir Sharov, Be as Children (2021)
Legacy
Acclaimed for English translations of Russian literature, especially the masterful new version of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Teaches Russian literature at Oxford University.