About the Author

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was Russia's greatest poet, and for many years Walter Arndt has been recognised as one of the most important translators of his verse.

Reviews

'Pushkin was a wholly undistinguished student, a social and political troublemaker, a rake, a cuckold and unquestionably the finest Russian poet of his generation' New York Times 'All the great Russian writers defer to Alexander Pushkin' New Yorker