Nikolai B. Popov
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Nikolai Boris Popov | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Nikolai Boris Popov (Bulgarian: Николай Борис Попов) (born 1952) is a translator.
Life
Popove graduated from University of Washington, with a Ph.D., in 1994. In 2001, he participated at a conference at University of Iowa International Writing Program.[1] He teaches English and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington.[2] A James Joyce scholar and translator, he co-translated with Heather McHugh a collection of the poems of Blaga Dimitrova,[3] and Paul Celan. On May 13, 2012, he fell into a crevasse while skiing near Whistler but was unscathed.[4]
From 1987 to 2010 he was married to poet Heather McHugh.[5]
Awards
- 2001 Griffin Poetry Prize
Translations
- Paul Celan (February 25, 2004). Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan. Translated by Nikolai Popov; Heather McHugh. Wesleyan Poetry. ISBN 978-0-8195-6720-8.
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Nikolai Popov". depts.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25.
- ^ "The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry: Shortlist 2001 - Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh". Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ^ "Seattle skier falls 160 feet into Canadian crevasse, rescued unscathed". Christian Science Monitor. 2012-05-14. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ David Lehman, ed. (1996). Ecstatic occasions, expedient forms: 85 leading contemporary poets select and comment on their poems. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06633-9.
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- Living people
- 1952 births
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