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Author Description Pevear earned a B.A. degree from Allegheny College in 1964, and a M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1965. He has taught at the University of New Hampshire, The Cooper Union, Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and the University of Iowa. In 1998, he joined the faculty of the American University of Paris (AUP), where he taught courses in Russian literature and translation. In 2007, he was named Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at AUP, and in 2009 he became Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Besides translating Russian classics, Pevear also translated from the French (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4785._Alexandre_Dumas" title=" Alexandre Dumas" rel="nofollow noopener"> Alexandre Dumas</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/114513._Yves_Bonnefoy" title=" Yves Bonnefoy" rel="nofollow noopener"> Yves Bonnefoy</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/202270._Jean_Starobinski" title=" Jean Starobinski" rel="nofollow noopener"> Jean Starobinski</a>), Italian (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383528._Alberto_Savinio" title=" Alberto Savinio" rel="nofollow noopener"> Alberto Savinio</a>), Spanish, and Greek (Aias, by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1002._Sophocles" title=" Sophocles" rel="nofollow noopener"> Sophocles</a>, in collaboration with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2952037._Herbert_Golder" title=" Herbert Golder" rel="nofollow noopener"> Herbert Golder</a>). He is also the author of two books of poems (Night Talk and Other Poems, and Exchanges). Pevear is mostly known for his work in collaboration with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3358._Larissa_Volokhonsky" title=" Larissa Volokhonsky" rel="nofollow noopener"> Larissa Volokhonsky</a> on translation of Russian classics.

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