Ilona Chavasse

Ilona Chavasse was born in Belarus and, together with her family, emigrated to the United States in 1989. She has translated three novels by Yuri Rytkheu, including most recently When the Whales Leave , Aleksandr Skorobogatov's Russian Gothic , and Galina Scherbakova's short stories for the Dedalus anthology Slav Sisters , as well as The Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva. She lives in London.

Ilona Chavasse was born in Belarus and, together with her family, emigrated to the United States in 1989. She has translated three novels by Yuri Rytkheu, including most recently When the Whales Leave , Aleksandr Skorobogatov's Russian Gothic , and Galina Scherbakova's short stories for the Dedalus anthology Slav Sisters , as well as The Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva. She lives in London. See less