Ronald Hingley
Dr Ronald Francis Hingley (26 April 1920, Edinburgh – 23 January 2010) was an English scholar, translator and historian of Russia, specializing in Russian history and literature.
Hingley was the translator and editor of the nine-volume collection of Chekhov's works published by Oxford University Press between 1974 and 1980 (known as the Oxford Chekhov).[1] He also wrote numerous books including biographies of Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, Stalin and Boris Pasternak. He won the James Tait Black Award for his 1976 biography A New Life of Anton Chekhov. He also translated several works of Russian literature, among them Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich which Hingley co-translated with Max Hayward.
He was a Governing Body Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford from 1961 to 1987 and an Emeritus Fellow from 1987 onwards.
Selected works[]
- (1972)
- (1991)
- (Oxford Lives) (1989)
- (1976)
- (1983)
- (1978)
- (Leaders of Our Time) (1974)
- (1962)
- (1981)
- (1977)
- (1979)
- (1970)
- (1973)
- (May 25, 1978) - "An extensive, anecdotal exploration of the Russian mind and character portrays salient behavior traits and attitudes and examines characteristic social and cultural phenomena."[2][3]
- (Bodley Head Contemporary History) (Oct 22, 1970)
- (1968)
- (1973)
References[]
- ^ LRB review by Karl Miller
- ^ July 1979. Ideas of the Russian Mind - Ronald Hingley: The Russian Mind. (Review). cambridge.org. Volume 41, Issue 3. pp. 467-469. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670500028813
- ^ The Russian Mind. Kirkus Reviews.
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