Ronald Francis Hingley (26 April 1920,

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– 23 January 2010) was an English scholar, translator and historian of Russia, specializing in Russian history and literature. Hingley was the translator and editor of the nine-volume collection of Chekhov's works published by

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between 1974 and 1980 (known as the Oxford Chekhov). He also wrote numerous books including biographies of

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

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and

Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...

. He won the

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for his 1976 biography ''A New Life of Anton Chekhov''. He also translated several works of Russian literature, among them Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic ''

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (russian: links=no, italics=yes, Один день Ивана Денисовича, Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha, ) is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first p ...

'' which Hingley co-translated with

Max Hayward Harry Maxwell "Max" Hayward (28 July 1924, London – 18 March 1979, Oxford) was a British lecturer on and translator of Russian literature. He has been described as "the best and most prolific translator of Russian prose into English since Consta ...

. He was a governing body fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, from 1961 to 1987 and an emeritus fellow from 1987 onwards.

Selected works

* A Concise History of Russia (1972) * Russia : A Concise History (1991) * A Life of Chekhov (Oxford Lives) (1989) * A New Life of Anton Chekhov (1976) * Pasternak (1983) * Dostoyevsky, his life and work (1978) * Joseph Stalin: Man and Legend (Leaders of Our Time) (1974) * The Undiscovered Dostoyevsky (1962) * Nightingale fever: Russian poets in revolution (1981) * Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century (1977) * Russian Writers and Soviet Society, 1917-1978 (1979) * The Russian Secret Police: Muscovite, Imperial Russian and Soviet Political Security Operations (1970) * A People in Turmoil: Revolutions in Russia (1973) * The Russian Mind (May 25, 1978) - "An extensive, anecdotal exploration of the Russian mind and character portrays salient behavior traits and attitudes and examines characteristic social and cultural phenomena."The Russian Mind
Kirkus Reviews. * Russian Revolution (Bodley Head Contemporary History) (Oct 22, 1970) * The Tsars, Russian Autocrats, 1533-1917 (1968) * Czars (1973)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hingley, Ronald 1920 births 2010 deaths English historians English biographers Fellows of St Antony's College, Oxford