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Ronald Hingley

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Ronald Hingley

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-04-26 (Edinburgh)
Died
2010-01-23 age 89
Nationality
British, United Kingdom
Languages
English, Russian
Residence History
Oxford

Career

Occupations
Historian, Translator, Literary scholar
Active Years
1962-2010
Affiliations
St Antony's College, Oxford
Influenced By
Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Education

University of Oxford
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

James Tait Black Award
1976
Work: A New Life of Anton Chekhov
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A New Life of Anton Chekhov

1976 Biography

A new biography of Anton Chekhov.

Russian literatureChekhov

The Russian Mind

1978 Cultural criticism

An exploration of the Russian mind and character.

Russian cultureNational character

Bibliography

  • The Undiscovered Dostoyevsky (1962)
  • Nihilists: Russian Radicals and Revolutionaries in the Reign of Alexander II (1855-81) (1967)
  • A New Life of Anton Chekhov (1976)
  • The Russian Mind (1978)

Translations by Author

  • Oxford Chekhov translations

Translations of Works

  • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed analysisAnecdotal exploration
Recurring Motifs
Russian mindRevolution and autocracy

Legacy

Renowned scholar of Russian history and literature, especially for Chekhov translations and biographies.