Lourie, Richard

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LOURIE, Richard

LOURIE, Richard. American, b. 1940. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Area studies, Translations. Career: Translator from Russian and Polish, literary critic, novelist. Publications: NOVELS: Sagittarius in Warsaw, 1973; First Loyalty, 1985; Zero Gravity, 1987. TRANSLATOR FROM RUSSIAN: U. Shulevitz, Soldier and Tsar in the Forest: A Russian Tale (for children), 1972; V. Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, 1977; V. Voinovich, In Plain Russian: Stories, 1979; V. Voinovich, Pretender to the Throne, 1981; E. Sevela, Why There Is No Heaven on Earth, 1982; A. Likhanov, Shadows across the Sun, 1983; (with D. Arthur and B. Barrett) E. Sevela, The Standard Bearer, 1983; V. Voinovich, The Anti-Soviet Soviet Union, 1986; V. Voinovich, Moscow 2042, 1987; A. Lvov, The Courtyard, 1988; (and author of intro.) A. Tertz, Goodnight, 1989; A. Sakharov, Memoirs, 1990; Autobiography of Joseph Stalin, 1999. TRANSLATOR FROM POLISH: C. Milosz, Visions from San Francisco Bay, 1982; T. Konwicki, The Polish Complex, 1982; T. Konwicki, A Minor Apocalypse, 1983; K. Brandys, A Warsaw Diary, 1984; J. Korczak, King Matt the First (for children), 1986; R. Spasowski, The Liberation of One: The Autobiography of R. Spasowski, 1986; E. Czarnecka and A. Fiut, Conversations with C. Milosz, 1987; (with J. Neugroschel) L. Dobroszycki, ed., The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1944, 1987; T. Konwicki, Moonrise, Moonset, 1987; (and ed.) A. Wat, My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectual, 1988; A. Hertz, The Jews in Polish Culture, 1988; T. Konwicki, Bohin Manor, 1990. OTHER: Letters to the Future, 1975; Russia Speaks, 1991; Predicting Russia's Future, 1991; Hunting the Devil, 1993. Address: 533 Canal St #6, New York, NY 10013-1328, U.S.A.