Manya Harari

Manya Harari
Born
Manya Benenson

(1905-04-08)8 April 1905
Russian Empire
Died24 September 1969(1969-09-24) (aged 64)
Known forBritish translator of Russian literature, co-founder of Harvill Press.

Manya Harari (née Manya Benenson) (8 April 1905 – 24 September 1969) was a British translator of Russian literature and the co-founder of Harvill Press. Her best-known work is the translation of Boris Pasternak's epic novel Doctor Zhivago, which she co-translated with Max Hayward. She also translated works by Konstantin Paustovsky, Andrey Sinyavsky, Ilya Ehrenburg and Evgenia Ginzburg, among others.

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