Sergei A. Alexandrovsky (''Сергей Анатольевич Александро́вский''; born 21 November 1956,

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headed by Eugen V. Witkowsky whom he calls his principal literary guide.

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translated by Sergei Alexandrovsky was published in 2006 by the Russian Academy of Sciences in a volume of the ''Literary Landmarks'' (''Литературные памятники'') series ( Джон Милтон. « Потерянный рай. Возвращённый рай. Другие поэтические произведения». Илл. Г. Доре. — М.: «Наука», 2006). Alexandrovsky's poetic translations were printed in several major anthologies, including the three-volume ''Seven Centuries of English Poetry'' (''Семь веков английской поэзии'', М.: 2007). Since 2000, original lyrics by Sergei Alexandrovsky periodically appeared in Russian-language literary magazines published overseas (''Новый Журнал / The New Review'', New York City and other). In 2007, ''Vodoley Publishers'' (Moscow) released ''Факсимиле'' (''Facsimile''), Alexandrovsky's book of poems and selected translations. His second book, ''На задворках мира. Стихотворения'' (''The World's Backyard. Poems'') issued in 2019 by the same publishing company, contains ninety-three original pieces of poetry.

Works

* Сергей Александровский. Факсимиле. Стихотворения и переводы. — М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007. — 104 с. (Серия «Сон Серебряного века»). * Сергей Александровский. На задворках мира. Стихотворения. — М.: Водолей, 2019. — 164 с. * Джон Мильтон. Возвращённый Рай. Перевод с английского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Время, 2001. — 191 с.: с илл. — (Серия «Триумфы»). * Джеффри Чосер. Книга о королеве. Птичий парламент. Перевод с английского, предисловие и комментарии Сергея Александровского. — М.: Время, 2004. — 224 с.: с илл. — (Серия «Триумфы»). * Александр Монтгомери. Вишня и Тёрн. Сонеты. Перевод Сергея Александровского. Составитель и научный редактор Е. Витковский. — М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007. — 232 с. * Хулиан дель Касаль. Хосе Марти. Средь сумерек и теней. Избранные стихотворения. Перевод с испанского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2011. — 256 с. — (Звезды зарубежной поэзии). * Джон Китс. Малые поэмы. Перевод с английского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2012. — 100 с. — (Пространство перевода). * Из шотландской поэзии XVI-XIX вв. Перевод Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2012. — 132 с. — (Пространство перевода). * Эдмунд Спенсер. Пастуший календарь. Перевод С. А. Александровского. — В кн.: Художественный перевод и сравнительное литературоведение : сборник научных трудов / отв. ред. Д. Н. Жаткин. — Вып. IV, М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2015. — С. 220—281. (ФЛИНТА), (Наука) и вып. V, М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2016. — С. 284—331. (ФЛИНТА), (Наука)

External links

Milton’s Paradise Regained on Lib.ru

Sonnets of Alexander Montgomerie (original texts and Russian translations by Sergei Alexandrovsky)

* ttp://www.vekperevoda.com/1950/aleksandrovskij.htm/ Personal page in The Age of Translation Anthology
A short poem in an English translation by Andrey Kneller
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