Nikolai Boris Popov | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
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Institutions | University of Washington |
Nikolai Boris Popov (Bulgarian: Николай Борис Попов) (born 1952) is a translator.
Popove graduated from University of Washington, with a Ph.D., in 1994. In 2001, he participated at a conference at University of Iowa International Writing Program.[1] He teaches English and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington.[2] A James Joyce scholar and translator, he co-translated with Heather McHugh a collection of the poems of Blaga Dimitrova,[3] and Paul Celan. On May 13, 2012, he fell into a crevasse while skiing near Whistler but was unscathed.[4]
From 1987 to 2010 he was married to poet Heather McHugh.[5]