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The famous translator of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings has died

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The writer speaks English, Spanish, German, French and Polish. He is one of the last representatives of the “classical” school of Ukrainian translation.

At the age of 78, the famous translator Alexander Mokrovolsky, whose particular work is included The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings John Tolkien. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy announced this on Saturday, December 23.

Also translated Mokrovolsky Venus and Adonis William Shakespeare Christmas stories Charles Dickens Ulysses James Joyce and many other works.

The writer speaks English, Spanish, German, French and Polish. He is one of the last representatives of the “classical” school of Ukrainian translation, which arose in the 1970s based on the magazine. Vsesvit. Mokrovolsky also has his own poetic works.

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy expressed sincere condolences on the death of the great literary artist who enriched Ukrainian culture.


Translator, journalist, writer, poet, artist, teacher of professional translation at the Kiev-Mohyla Academy Mokrovolsky was born on December 29, 1945.
In 2016, Mokrovolsky published a collection of his own studies of Ukrainian symbols for the period since 1988 called Kolo Ideas. The collection was published as an illustrated book. The drawings were created by the author himself using his own drawing technique called “soul drawing” – drawing with closed eyes.
Mokrovolsky is also known for trying to use more dialectisms in his translations instead of the literary language.

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