Robert Chandler has translated Vasily Grossman’s 'Life and Fate', Leskov’s 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' and Aleksandr Pushkin’s 'Dubrovsky' and 'The Captain’s Daughter (excerpted in Russian Life). Together with his wife, Elizabeth, and other colleagues he has co-translated numerous works by Andrey Platonov. One of these, 'Soul', was chosen in 2004 as ‘best translation of the year from a Slavonic language’ by the AATSEEL (the American Association of Teachers of Slavonic and East European Languages). Robert Chandler’s translation of Hamid Ismailov's 'The Railway' received a special commendation from the judges of the 2007 Rossica Translation Prize as well as winning the AATSEEL prize for 2007.
In the Town of Berdichev
Chtenia: Spring 2011
Author: Vasily Grossman
Translator: Robert Chandler
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Chevengur
Chtenia: Summer 2008
Author: Andrei Platonov
Translator: Robert Chandler
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The Road
Chtenia: Summer 2008
Author: Vasily Grossman
Translator: Robert Chandler
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