Nikolai Boris Popov ( bg, Николай Борис Попов) (born 1952) is a translator.
Life
He graduated from
University of Washington
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, with a Ph.D., in 1994.
In 2001, he participated at a conference at
University of Iowa
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International Writing Program.
He teaches English and Comparative Literature at the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
. A
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
scholar and translator, he co-translated with
Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh (born August 20, 1948) is an American poet notable for the independent ranges of her aesthetic as a poet, and for her working devotion to teaching and translating literature.
Life
Heather McHugh, a poet, translator, educator and ...
a collection of the poems of
Blaga Dimitrova
Blaga Nikolova Dimitrova ( bg, Блага Димитрова) (2 January 1922 – 2 May 2003) was a Bulgarian poet and the 2nd Vice President of Bulgaria from 1992 until 1993.
Life
Dimitrova was born in Byala Slatina, Bulgaria. She graduated high ...
, and
Paul Celan. On May 13, 2012, he fell into a crevasse while skiing near
Whistler but was unscathed.
From 1987 to 2010 he was married to poet
Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh (born August 20, 1948) is an American poet notable for the independent ranges of her aesthetic as a poet, and for her working devotion to teaching and translating literature.
Life
Heather McHugh, a poet, translator, educator and ...
.
Awards
*2001
Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
Translations
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References
External links
Nikolai Popov, Harper's Magazine*
Griffin Poetry Prize biographyGriffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip
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Living people
1952 births
University of Washington faculty
Bulgarian translators
Translators to English
Translators from German
Translators from Bulgarian
Bulgarian emigrants to the United States