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Viktor Golyshev

Russian translator · Russia · On the map · Writers · Born 1937 · age 89

Viktor Petrovich Golyshev is a well-known English-to-Russian translator. His translations include Light in August, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, All the King's Men, Theophilus North, 1984, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Set This House on Fire, Pulp, and others. He has won the Foreign Literature and Illuminator awards.

Viktor Golyshev is read about 19 times a day, in 4 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 August 2026

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Honorary Diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR

About this person

He has said about modern American literature, "It isn't quite worthy of consideration. It has almost nothing to say about life."

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89