Vladimir Sergeyevich Muravyov

Who was Vladimir Sergeyevich Muravyov?

Vladimir Sergeyevich Muravyov was a Russian translator and literary critic. He was awarded the Inolit Prize for Best Translation in 1987.

In 1976 Muravyov published a pioneering Russian article in the Soviet Union titled "Tolkien and Critics". Together with Andrey Kistyakovsky, he wrote the first official, though partial, Russian translation of the Lord of the Rings, published in 1982 with an introductory foreword. Muravyov continued the work after Kistyakovsky's death.