Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are a renowned husband-and-wife translation team celebrated for their highly regarded English translations of classic Russian literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Pevear | 2 |
| Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Context triple: [The Brothers Karamazov, notableEnglishTranslator, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky]
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A.
Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman was a renowned American literary translator best known for her influential English translations of major Spanish-language authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Miguel de Cervantes.
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B.
Nan A. Talese
Nan A. Talese is an American literary editor and publisher renowned for her eponymous imprint at Doubleday, which has published numerous acclaimed works of contemporary fiction and nonfiction.
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C.
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
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D.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
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E.
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist best known for co-writing the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s "The Shining."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Target entity description: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are a renowned husband-and-wife translation team celebrated for their highly regarded English translations of classic Russian literature.
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A.
Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman was a renowned American literary translator best known for her influential English translations of major Spanish-language authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Miguel de Cervantes.
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B.
Nan A. Talese
Nan A. Talese is an American literary editor and publisher renowned for her eponymous imprint at Doubleday, which has published numerous acclaimed works of contemporary fiction and nonfiction.
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C.
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
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D.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
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E.
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist best known for co-writing the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s "The Shining."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
married couple
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translation team ⓘ |
| activeIn |
21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| alsoTranslatedFrom |
French
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Italian ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
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linked to:
PEN Translation Prize
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| basedIn | France ⓘ |
| collaborationMethod | bilingual co-translation process ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Russian literature
ⓘ
literary translation ⓘ |
| genre | literary translation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Larissa Volokhonsky
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Richard Pevear ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
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| influenced | English-language reception of Russian classics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| member |
Larissa Volokhonsky
ⓘ
Richard Pevear ⓘ
linked to:
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
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| notableWork |
Translation of "Anna Karenina"
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Translation of "Crime and Punishment" ⓘ Translation of "Dead Souls" ⓘ Translation of "Demons" ⓘ Translation of "Notes from Underground" ⓘ Translation of "Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov" ⓘ Translation of "The Brothers Karamazov" ⓘ Translation of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories" ⓘ Translation of "The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories" ⓘ Translation of "The Idiot" ⓘ Translation of "The Master and Margarita" ⓘ Translation of "War and Peace" ⓘ
linked to:
War and Peace
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| notedFor |
fidelity to the original Russian text
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highly readable English prose ⓘ |
| occupation | translator ⓘ |
| spouse | each other ⓘ |
| translatedAuthor |
Anton Chekhov
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Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Mikhail Bulgakov ⓘ Nikolai Gogol ⓘ Nikolai Leskov ⓘ |
| workTranslatedFrom | Russian ⓘ |
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Subject: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Description of subject: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are a renowned husband-and-wife translation team celebrated for their highly regarded English translations of classic Russian literature.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
linked to: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky