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Robert Chandler

Graduated with a BA in Russian and English Literature from Leeds University. His co-translations of Andrey Platonov have won prizes both in the UK and in the US. His translation of Hamid Ismailov’s The Railway won the AATSEEL prize for 2007 and received a special commendation from the judges of the 2007 Rossica Translation Prize. Recently he translated The Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman, to be published in July 2013.

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Articles by Robert Chandler

  1. The Valuable Body. Organ trafficking in Eastern Europe

    The altruistic act of donating organs is increasingly a financial transaction with the body as a commodity. Poor people are persuaded, tricked, into selling one of their kidneys without receiving adequate care afterwards.

  2. The Baltic Sea. A Model Region

    Baltic Sea cooperation is a good example of how nations can find forms of collaboration. There is a solidarity between countries and a desire to work on things such as environmental problems.

  3. A Triangular Drama. at the Periphery of a World War

    The struggle for control among the Great Powers in the Nordic region during the 19th century focused on the dissolutions of unions and on nation-building. Russia and Napoleon were strong players. Sweden and Finland had a close relationship.

  4. Ragni Svensson's Illustrations

    Ragni Svensson contribute in each issue of Baltic Worlds with illustrations.

  5. Translator of Baltic Worlds

    Translator Brian Manning Delaney has developed a Style Guide for the magazine based on a modified version of the Chicago […]

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