About Wilhelm Levick
Lived 1906 – 1982 (aged 75). Wilhelm Levick was a Russian poet, translator, literary scholar, translator of Adam Mickiewicz and writer.
Wilhelm Veniaminovich Levick (; December 31, 1906 (13 January 1907) in Kiev – September 16, 1982 in Moscow) was a Russian poet, translator, literary critic and artist. He translated Shakespeare, Byron, Baudelaire, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, La Fontaine, Mickiewicz, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Camões, Petrarch, Gautier, Lenau, Aragon and others. Many famous poets, translators and writers have noted that Levik translations are characterized by high culture, poetry and precision in the transmission of the original.
He wrote a number of theoretical works, which are devoted to how the problems of literary translation and the creativity of major European poets.
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Who was Wilhelm Levick?
Soviet writer (1906–1982)
When was Wilhelm Levick born?
Wilhelm Levick was born on 31 December 1906 in Kyiv.
When did Wilhelm Levick die?
Wilhelm Levick died on 16 September 1982 in Moscow.
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Wilhelm Levick was a poet, translator, literary scholar, translator of Adam Mickiewicz and writer.
What nationality was Wilhelm Levick?
Wilhelm Levick was Russian.
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