Arch Tait
Born 1943 in Glasgow, Scotland, ARCH TAIT received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1967 and is one of the most prolific and acclaimed translators from Russian, specializing in modern and contemporary writers. He has published over 30 full-length translations including works by Vladimir Makanin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the assassinated journalist Anna Politkovskaya. His translation of Anna Politkovskaya's Putin's Russia was awarded the inaugural PEN Literature in Translation prize in 2010.
Born 1943 in Glasgow, Scotland, ARCH TAIT received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1967 and is one of the most prolific and acclaimed translators from Russian, specializing in modern and contemporary writers. He has published over 30 full-length translations including works by Vladimir Makanin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the assassinated journalist Anna Politkovskaya. His translation of Anna Politkovskaya's Putin's Russia was awarded the inaugural PEN Literature in Translation prize in 2010. See less
