About Oliver Ready
Born 1976. Oliver Ready is a translator and literary scholar.
Oliver James Ready (born 17 April 1976) is a British Slavist and Russian-English translator.
Biography In 1994–1998, he studied Modern Languages (Russian and Italian) at Worcester College, Oxford. In 2000–2001, he did MA in Russian Studies at SSEES, University College London. In 2007, he completed his DPhil at Wolfson College, Oxford.
In 2008–2017, he was consultant editor for Russian and East-Central Europe at The Times Literary Supplement.
Since 2010, he has been a research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. In 2011–2014, he was director of the Russkiy Mir Program.
Since 2014, he has been working as a teacher of Russian literature at the University of Oxford.
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British Slavist, Russian-English translator
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Oliver Ready was born on 17 April 1976 in Pembury.
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