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Lydia Razran Stone

LYDIA RAZRAN STONE has translated and analyzed biomedical research for NASA, and edits SlavFile, the quarterly newsletter for Slavic translators. She has published two books of translated poetry, has a forthcoming dictionary of English sports idioms. Her translation of Krylov’s fairy tales, The Frogs Who Begged for a Tsar (and 61 other Russia fables by Ivan Krylov), was published by Russian Life Books in 2010. Her latest project involves English versions of the songs of Bulat Okudzhava.

Hippo-po-poem
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Author: Viacheslav Kupriyanov
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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ScrubbleDub
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Author: Korney Chukovsky
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Spiders
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Author: Zinaida Gippius
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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After the Ball
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from one of Tolstoy's later and lesser known stories, in which he seems to revert to his earlier, more literary style. In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Fanfaronov's Mountain (The Ant Brothers)
Chtenia: Fall 2012
In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Leo and Lev
Chtenia: Fall 2012

Author: Lydia Razran Stone
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Levin's Epiphany
Chtenia: Fall 2012
A comparison of three translations of a selected passage from Anna Karenina, showing how Tolstoy has been translated differently over the last 100 years.
Author: Lydia Razran Stone
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Natasha at the Opera
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from War and Peace. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Petya's Fugue
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from War and Peace. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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The Cossacks
Chtenia: Fall 2012
One of Tolstoy's earlier classic works, featuring beautiful description of the Caucasus. In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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