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British academic and translator (born 1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick Donald Rayfield OBE (born 12 February 1942, Oxford) is an English academic and Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London.[1] He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia. He has translated Georgian, Russian and Uzbek poets and prose writers.
Donald Rayfield | |
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Born | 1942 |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Georgian and Russian languages, Translator |
Known for | Stalin and His Hangmen |
Notable work | Kvachi Kvachantiradze A Man Was Going Down the Road The Literature of Georgia: A History A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia |
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