Poetic Obituaries: [Simon] Karlinsky was also the co-translator

of a collection of Anton Chekhov's correspondence and the author of two books about the poet Marina Tsvetaeva, as well as several other volumes of history and criticism. His work earned the praise of literary critics such as John Updike and Edmund White, the latter of whom praised Karlinsky's Sexual Labyrinth of Nikolai Gogol for "its illuminating psychological insights into Gogol's actions, its informative readings of his fiction and drama, and its own stylistic grace and vivacity."

from Mediabistro: GalleyCat: Simon Karlinsky, 1924-2009

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