# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rita-rait-kovaleva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:36:55.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rita-rait-kovaleva"
name: "Rita Rait-Kovaleva"
slug: "rita-rait-kovaleva"
description: "Rita Yakovlevna Rait-Kovaleva, born Chernomordik was a Soviet literary translator and writer, particularly known for her translations of J. D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut into Russian. Rait-Kovaleva's translation of The Catcher in the Rye achieved initial popularity amid novel's success among Soviet readers during Khrushchev Thaw."
tagline: "Russian writer (1898-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rita_Rait-Kovaleva.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-04-19"
deathDate: "1988-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.79
  momentum:             9.536423841059603
  historical:           8.561485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ريتا رايت كوڤاليڤا"
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    title: "Rita Rait-Kovaleva"
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    title: "Rita Rait-Kovaleva"
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    title: "Rita Raït-Kovaliova"
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    title: "Ռիտա Ռայտ-Կովալյովա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump