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Yuri Machkasov

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Moscow, Russian Federation

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Born in Moscow, Yuri Machkasov studied for a career as a theoretical physicist before moving to the United States in 1991. He lives in the Boston area and works as a software developer.
Yuri has translated both fiction and non-fiction books for the Moscow publishing house Livebook, among them the Carnegie Medal winner "Maggot Moon" by Sally Gardner. His first novel-length translation from Russian, "The Gray House" by Mariam Petrosyan, was more than two years in the making and came out in 2017 from Amazon Crossing; it made the shortlist for the biennial "Read Russia" Prize for the best translation from Russian. He has also translated modern Russian poetry, including the work of the poet Vera Polozkova (now living on Cyprus). ...more

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We came upon your translation of the play "Dragon" by Eugene Schwarz online. We are looking into doing a translation to Spanish to put the play on in Mexico, where we are from. We are unable to translate the original play since none of us speak Russian. We would like to know if you hold the rights for this translation and/or if you have any information regarding who holds the rights to be able to stage it?

Yuri Machkasov The situation with copyrights on Soviet-era works is very muddled. Before USSR joined the Geneva treaty in 1973, the term was life of the author + 15 …moreThe situation with copyrights on Soviet-era works is very muddled. Before USSR joined the Geneva treaty in 1973, the term was life of the author + 15 years; Schwarz died in 1957, so in 1972 his works passed into the public domain. Some argue that accession to Geneva swept everything into its terms; others - that it doesn't apply to what has already been free. There are any number of persons and organizations claiming to be lawful representatives of dead Soviet writers, and trying to extract royalties (with some success, but not always). I can probably put you in touch with Russian publishers who put out Schwarz's books in Russian; they should have someone on staff who at least speaks English, if not Spanish, but bear in mind that their claims of having the rights may turn out to be mistaken.
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	Революция by Jennifer Donnelly (Goodreads Author), Дженнифер Доннелли, Мария Салтыкова (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,150 ratings — published 2010 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бойцовые рыбки by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author), С.Э. Хинтон, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 26,249 ratings — published 1975 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are the Light by Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author), Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.78 avg rating — 20,697 ratings — published 2022 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Один день мисс Петтигрю by Winifred Watson, Юрий Мачкасов (Translator), Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 18,475 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 9,533 ratings — published 2009 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Червивая Луна by Sally Gardner, Салли Гарднер, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 9,990 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мамы. Письма легендарных людей by Shaun Usher (Goodreads Author), Шон Ашер, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 6,204 ratings — published 2013 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Кошки. Письма легендарных людей by Shaun Usher (Goodreads Author), Шон Ашер, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 2020 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Всегда рядом by Tohby Riddle, Тоби Риддл, Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Письма на заметку. Искусство by Shaun Usher (Goodreads Author), Yuri Machkasov (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 185 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars