Here are some of the books, articles, and documentary films I have translated:
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag
Author: Orlando Figes
Publisher: Allen Lane, 2012
Just Send Me Word is the extraordinary love story of two Muscovites, Lev and Svetlana. Kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, they stayed true to each other and left behind them an astonishing monument to their love: a remarkable cache of 1,500 letters exchanged between them as Lev battled to survive in one of Stalin’s most notorious labour camps.
Author: Orlando Figes
Publisher: Allen Lane, 2012
Just Send Me Word is the extraordinary love story of two Muscovites, Lev and Svetlana. Kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, they stayed true to each other and left behind them an astonishing monument to their love: a remarkable cache of 1,500 letters exchanged between them as Lev battled to survive in one of Stalin’s most notorious labour camps.
Книга про буквы от Аа до Яя (Working title: A book of Russian letters from Aa to Яя)
Author: Yuri Gordon
Publisher: Publisher/Publishing date tbc
In A Book of Russian Letters from Aa to Яя (working title), Yuri Gordon analyses each letter of the Russian alphabet, talks about why Cyrillic characters are not as beautiful as their Latin counterparts, and what the designer (not necessarily a professional typographer) can do about it. The book focuses mainly on Cyrillic letters, but also touches upon the Greco-Roman roots of the Russian alphabet.
Author: Yuri Gordon
Publisher: Publisher/Publishing date tbc
In A Book of Russian Letters from Aa to Яя (working title), Yuri Gordon analyses each letter of the Russian alphabet, talks about why Cyrillic characters are not as beautiful as their Latin counterparts, and what the designer (not necessarily a professional typographer) can do about it. The book focuses mainly on Cyrillic letters, but also touches upon the Greco-Roman roots of the Russian alphabet.
My Big Fat Greek Odyssey
Author: Arthur Krupenin
Kindle eBook
After years searching for the ideal location for their holiday home, a couple from Russia buy a property on the Aegean coast, confident that just a few small, cosmetic touches will be enough to transform a relatively new-looking house into their dream home. The quality of the building turns out to be so poor, however, that the author – once a popular TV presenter – ends up spending five and a half long years surrounded by construction dust to knock the house into shape. During this time, he manages to quarrel with contractors, make friends with his neighbours, adopt a multitude of homeless cats, master local customs, become a writer, publish three books, and make it through a staggering number of extraordinary adventures.
Author: Arthur Krupenin
Kindle eBook
After years searching for the ideal location for their holiday home, a couple from Russia buy a property on the Aegean coast, confident that just a few small, cosmetic touches will be enough to transform a relatively new-looking house into their dream home. The quality of the building turns out to be so poor, however, that the author – once a popular TV presenter – ends up spending five and a half long years surrounded by construction dust to knock the house into shape. During this time, he manages to quarrel with contractors, make friends with his neighbours, adopt a multitude of homeless cats, master local customs, become a writer, publish three books, and make it through a staggering number of extraordinary adventures.
Entangled (novella)
Author: Albert Sartison
Kindle eBook
Entangled tells the story of a man who looks back over his life after surviving a heart attack.
Author: Albert Sartison
Kindle eBook
Entangled tells the story of a man who looks back over his life after surviving a heart attack.
The Human Fish
Author: Marta Kviese
Kindle eBook
Evening. An alleyway. Light spills from the open door of a Japanese restaurant onto a pile of food scraps. Someone deeply unhappy and lonely finds something in this pile that makes him instantly happy. And then... Well then, as always, follows a brief romance with a tragicomic ending.
Author: Marta Kviese
Kindle eBook
Evening. An alleyway. Light spills from the open door of a Japanese restaurant onto a pile of food scraps. Someone deeply unhappy and lonely finds something in this pile that makes him instantly happy. And then... Well then, as always, follows a brief romance with a tragicomic ending.
Prince Alexander and his Moustachioed Adventures
Author: Christina V Kueppers
Kindle eBook
Prince Alexander and his Moustachioed Adventures is a kind-hearted and enlightening tale for children of primary school age in which our hero sets off on a long journey in search of the princess of his dreams. Overcoming difficulties along the way, he not only finds true love and meets new friends, but he also discovers that everyone has a talent.
Author: Christina V Kueppers
Kindle eBook
Prince Alexander and his Moustachioed Adventures is a kind-hearted and enlightening tale for children of primary school age in which our hero sets off on a long journey in search of the princess of his dreams. Overcoming difficulties along the way, he not only finds true love and meets new friends, but he also discovers that everyone has a talent.
The Kingdom of Sunnymerrylandia
Author: Christina V Kueppers
Kindle eBook
The Kingdom of Sunnymerrylandia is a kind-hearted fairytale written in the classical tradition of children’s literature. With the help of the story, the author shows children how important an active way of life and proper nutrition are for people’s health.
Author: Christina V Kueppers
Kindle eBook
The Kingdom of Sunnymerrylandia is a kind-hearted fairytale written in the classical tradition of children’s literature. With the help of the story, the author shows children how important an active way of life and proper nutrition are for people’s health.
THE RUSSIANS.
A film about Oleg Videnin
THE RUSSIANS is a film about the photography of Oleg Videnin. It looks at the unknown world of so-called normal Russian life and the real people Oleg Videnin uses in his work. The film accompanies Oleg Videnin as he photographs people on the streets of Bryansk, as well as in Russia’s empty villages and along Russia’s roads. He also provides a deep insight into his working methods in the darkroom and the methods he uses when photographing people.
A film about Oleg Videnin
THE RUSSIANS is a film about the photography of Oleg Videnin. It looks at the unknown world of so-called normal Russian life and the real people Oleg Videnin uses in his work. The film accompanies Oleg Videnin as he photographs people on the streets of Bryansk, as well as in Russia’s empty villages and along Russia’s roads. He also provides a deep insight into his working methods in the darkroom and the methods he uses when photographing people.
Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch
Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch is a film dedicated to one of the last survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and one of the few who is still mentally and physically well. He lives in Minsk, Belarus. You can watch the trailer here.
Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch is a film dedicated to one of the last survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and one of the few who is still mentally and physically well. He lives in Minsk, Belarus. You can watch the trailer here.
THEATRE, DANCE AND PERFORMANCE TRAINING: Michael Chekhov (Vol. 4 Issue II)
Author: Jonathan Pitches, Franc Chamberlain, Andrei Kirillov (Ed.)
Publisher: Routledge, 2013
Special edition devoted to Michael Chekhov, with essays and articles by Joanna Merlin, David Zinder, Phelim McDermott, among others; an interview with Sarah Kane and Graham Dixon; and the long-awaited translation of transcriptions of rehearsals of the legendary MAT2 production of Hamlet, in 1924.
Author: Jonathan Pitches, Franc Chamberlain, Andrei Kirillov (Ed.)
Publisher: Routledge, 2013
Special edition devoted to Michael Chekhov, with essays and articles by Joanna Merlin, David Zinder, Phelim McDermott, among others; an interview with Sarah Kane and Graham Dixon; and the long-awaited translation of transcriptions of rehearsals of the legendary MAT2 production of Hamlet, in 1924.
Creative Industries and the Creative Economy as a Space for Research and Practice
The Creative Industries Agency
This is a collection of articles prepared by the fellows of the Oxford Russia Fund and participants of the 2011 Summer School “Creative industries and the creative economy: developing applied research and projects”. An international conference at the Skolkovo School of Management in February 2012 concluded the Summer School project, at which the project's authors were given the chance to present their work.
The Creative Industries Agency
This is a collection of articles prepared by the fellows of the Oxford Russia Fund and participants of the 2011 Summer School “Creative industries and the creative economy: developing applied research and projects”. An international conference at the Skolkovo School of Management in February 2012 concluded the Summer School project, at which the project's authors were given the chance to present their work.
Ongoing partners
Rights in Russia
Rights in Russia is an independent, charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization established on 19 January 2010 to mark the tragic murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. It provides information about human rights in Russia and to support the work of human rights organizations based in the Russian Federation.
Rights in Russia is an independent, charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization established on 19 January 2010 to mark the tragic murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. It provides information about human rights in Russia and to support the work of human rights organizations based in the Russian Federation.
