Рита Райт-Ковалёва
- Рита Яковлевна Райт-Ковалёва
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- Райт-Ковалёва, Рита
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1898-04-19
- Place of birth
- Khersons'ka Oblast'
- Date of death
- 1988-12-29
- Place of death
- Moscow
Wikipedia
Rita Yakovlevna Rait-Kovaleva, born Chernomordik (19 April 1898 – 29 December 1988) 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 (as Over the Abyss in Rye) achieved initial popularity amid novel's success among Soviet readers during Khrushchev Thaw.
Rait-Kovaleva received the Order of Friendship of Peoples and the Thornton Wilder Prize from the Columbia University's Translation Center.
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- Рита Райт-Ковалёва translated Завтрак для чемпионов
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- 2023-09-21