Avril Pyman (aka Dr Avril Sokolov, FBA; born 4 May 1930) is a British scholar and translator of

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. In addition to translating poetry and children's literature, she has written a study of

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, as well as biographies of Alexander Blok and Pavel Florensky. She was married to the late Russian artist Kirill Sokolov. They have daughter Irina (Irene).

Selected works

Selected translations include: * Sarybelli, Osman and Ibrahimov, Mirza (editors). ''Azerbaijanian poetry : an anthology : classic, modern, traditional.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 62p. Translated by Tom Botting, Gladys Evans, Olga Moisseyenko, Arthur Shkarovsky, Irina Zheleznova, Louis Zellikoff, Dorian Rottenberg, Eugene Felgenhauer, and Avril Pyman. * Ognev, Vladimir and Rottenberg, Dorian (editors). ''Fifty Soviet poets.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1969. 533 p. Translated by Dorian Rottenberg, Olga Shartse, Avril Pyman, Eugene Felgenhauer, Peter Tempest, Irina Zheleznova, Lois Zellikoff, Tom Botting, Gladys Evans, Jack Lindsay, and Archie Johnstone. * Lazarev, L. (editor). '' Let the living remember : Soviet war poetry.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1975. 00p. Series title: Progress Soviet authors library. Translated by Alex Miller, Olga Shartse, Tom Botting, Walter May, Margaret Wettlin, Peter Tempest, Avril Pyman, Dorian Rottenberg, Gladys Evans, Irina Zheleznova, Louis Zellikoff, and Alex Miller. * Samarin, Roman and Nikolyukin, Alexander (editors). '' Shakespeare in the Soviet Union : a collection of articles.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1966. 75+ illustrations p. Translated by Avril Pyman. * ''The Golden Fleece : tales from the Caucasus.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1971. 63p. Translated by Avril Pyman, which is translated to: #

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

by Gholagha Daneshian, 1989 and also by Ardeshir Nikpour, 2000 # Azeri Turkish by Mohammad Hariri Akbari, 2005 #

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by Mhamad Hamasaleh Tofigh, 2000Tofigh, M. H. (2000) Khoriyi Zerinn (The Golden Fleece). Sulaymaniyah: Sardam Publication. * Molok, Yuri (editor). ''Vladimir Favorsky.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1967. 322 p. Translated by Avril Pyman. * Barto, Agnia. ''Mashenka.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1976. 14 p. Translated by Avril Pyman. * Barto, Agnia. ''Merry Rhymes.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 2nd ed., 1980. 0p. Translated by Dorian Rottenberg, Avril Pyman, Eugene Felgenhauer, Irina Zheleznova, and Lois Zelikoff. * Gorky, Maxim. ''Selected stories.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1978. 17p. Series title: Collected works in ten volumes : volume I. Translated by Margaret Wettlin, Avril Pyman, Bernard Isaacs, and Robert Daglish. * Kubilinskas, Kostas. ''The frog queen.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1st ed., 1974. 3p. Translated by Avril Pyman. * Pushkin, Alexander. ''Selected works in two volumes : volume one : poetry.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 1974. 208 p. Series title: Progress Russian classics series. Translated by Olga Shartze, Irina Zheleznova, and Avril Pyman.

References

1930 births Russian–English translators British biographers Living people Fellows of the British Academy British translators British women writers Women biographers Russian studies scholars {{UK-academic-stub