Russell Scott Valentino
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Russell Scott Valentino (born 1962) is a literary scholar, translator, and editor. He received his Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Los Angeles
in 1993. He has taught Slavic and comparative literature at the University of Iowa
since 1994. Since approximately 2003, he has been a member of the University of Iowa's [Translation Workshop], and, since 2009, Editor of The Iowa Review
.
He is the author of the monograph Vicissitudes of Genre in the Russian Novel (2001), which explores genre mixing in works by Ivan Turgenev
, Fyodor Dostoevsky
, Nikolai Chernyshevsky
, and Maksim Gorky. He is also the translator of book-length translations from Italian, Russian, and Croatian works of the 20th and 21st centuries. His essays and short translations of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in such venues as The Iowa Review
, Two Lines, Circumference, Asia, [91st Meridian], [Poroi], and Slavic Review.
Valentino's work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Howard Foundation. He has twice been awarded Fulbright Research grants to Croatia, and his translations from the Italian and Croatian have been nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
and the Book of the Year Awards held by Foreword Magazine
.
His translations include:
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
in 1993. He has taught Slavic and comparative literature at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
since 1994. Since approximately 2003, he has been a member of the University of Iowa's [Translation Workshop], and, since 2009, Editor of The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews.Founded in 1970, this magazine is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Originally, it was released on a quarterly basis. This frequency of publication lasted...
.
He is the author of the monograph Vicissitudes of Genre in the Russian Novel (2001), which explores genre mixing in works by Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century...
, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....
, Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist...
, and Maksim Gorky. He is also the translator of book-length translations from Italian, Russian, and Croatian works of the 20th and 21st centuries. His essays and short translations of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in such venues as The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews.Founded in 1970, this magazine is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Originally, it was released on a quarterly basis. This frequency of publication lasted...
, Two Lines, Circumference, Asia, [91st Meridian], [Poroi], and Slavic Review.
Valentino's work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Howard Foundation. He has twice been awarded Fulbright Research grants to Croatia, and his translations from the Italian and Croatian have been nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world...
and the Book of the Year Awards held by Foreword Magazine
ForeWord (magazine)
ForeWord is a trade journal published six times yearly with the tagline, “Reviews of Good Books Independently Published.” The magazine is distributed primarily to librarians and booksellers to familiarize them with upcoming books from small, independent, and university presses, as well as...
.
His translations include:
- Materada, by Fulvio TomizzaFulvio TomizzaFulvio Tomizza was an Italian language writer. He was born in Giurizzani in Kingdom of Italy ....
(from the Italian); - Persuasion and Rhetoric, by Carlo MichelstaedterCarlo MichelstaedterCarlo Michelstaedter was an Italian writer, philosopher, and man of letters.- Life :Carlo Michelstaedter was born in Gorizia, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca, as the youngest of four children of Albert and Emma Michelstaedter Coen Luzzatto: Gino , Elda , Paula ...
(from the Italian, with David Depew, and Cinzia Sartini Blum); - Between Exile and Asylum: An Eastern Epistolary, by Predrag MatvejevicPredrag MatvejevicPredrag Matvejević is a Croatian writer known for his writing as well as for his political activism. His book Mediterranean Breviary: A Cultural Landscape has been a bestseller in many European countries, and has been translated into more than 20 languages.-Biography:Predrag Matvejević was born in...
(from the Croatian); - A Castle in Romagna, by Igor StiksIgor ŠtiksIgor Štiks is a writer and scholar presently living in Edinburgh, UK. He has published two novels...
(from the Croatian, with Tomislav Kuzmanovic); - The Silence of the Sufi, by Sabit Madaliev (from the Russian);
- Anima Mundi, by Susanna TamaroSusanna TamaroSusanna Tamaro is an Italian novelist. She has also worked as a scientific documentarist and movie maker direction assistant.-Biography:Susanna Tamaro was born in a family of middle class...
(from the Italian, with Cinzia Sartini Blum); and - The Other Venice: Secrets of the City, by Predrag MatvejevicPredrag MatvejevicPredrag Matvejević is a Croatian writer known for his writing as well as for his political activism. His book Mediterranean Breviary: A Cultural Landscape has been a bestseller in many European countries, and has been translated into more than 20 languages.-Biography:Predrag Matvejević was born in...
(from the Croatian), 2007.