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Richard McKane

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Richard McKane

Richard McKane was born in 1947 and has a degree in Russian from Oxford University. Based in London, he is a poet and translator of Russian and Turkish poetry.

Articles by Richard McKane

Lovers in Samarkand
By Hamid Ismailov
You breathe in the burning air,
 / your lungs fill with the air of the flute
Translated from Uzbek by Hamid Ismailov & Richard McKane
An Uncoincidence, a Noncoincidence
By Larissa Miller
Someone rushes to a house that's been moved away.
Translated from Russian by Richard McKane
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“‘la vie,’ Edith Piaf sings
By Larissa Miller
“La vie,” Edith Piaf sings,“La vie, la vie,” seize the moment . . .And this voice is eternally rightand there’s no threat of it being buried in oblivion.“La vie,”…
Translated from Russian by Richard McKane
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