Author

Nina Shevchuk-Murray

NINA SHEVCHUK-MURRAY was born and raised in the western Ukrainian city of L'viv. She holds degrees in English linguistics and Creative Writing. She translates both poetry and prose from the Russian and Ukrainian languages. Her translations and original poetry have been published in a number of literary magazines. With Ladette Randolph, she co-edited the anthology of Nebraska non-fiction The Big Empty (U of NE Press, 2007). In 2010, her translation of Peter Aleshkovsky's novel, Fish: A History of One Migration, was released by Russian Life books (long-listed for the Rossica Translation Prize). In 2012, she curated issue 19 of Chtenia ("Horse Power") and her translation of Oksana Zabuzhko’s Museum of Abandoned Secrets was released. In 2013, her translation of Peter Aleshkovsky’s collection of short stories, Stargorod will be published by Russian Life books.

Baba Yaga
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Burning
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Author: Anna Starobinets
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Stargorod
Chtenia: Winter 2013
Three stories from the writer's forthcoming novel.
Author: Peter Aleshkovsky
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Vurdalak
Chtenia: Winter 2013

Author: Alexander Pushkin
Translator: Nora Favorov and Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Emerald
Chtenia: Summer 2012

Author: Alexander Kuprin
Translator: Douglas Ashby and Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Taglioni's Grandson
Chtenia: Summer 2012

Author: Pyotr Shiryayev
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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The Face of a Horse
Chtenia: Summer 2012

Author: Nikolai Zabolotsky
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Trotter, Work Horse, Magic Steed
Chtenia: Summer 2012
On the role of horses in Russian literature.
Author: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Russia's Wimbledon Debut
Chtenia: Winter 2012

Author: Boris Fomenko
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Sweet Dreams
Chtenia: Winter 2012

Author: Andrey Silenginsky
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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