Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Kurkov’s novel Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv, is a portrait of one of the world’s most intriguing cities
Reuben Woolley
A translator from Russian to English, Reuben Woolley was the recipient of the National Centre for Writing's Emerging Translator Mentorship in Russian for 2020-21
Wooley received a BA in English and Russian from Oxford University in 2021, and is returning to Oxford to complete an MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation in 2023, for which he received the St. Anne’s College OCCT scholarship.
Woolley is a frequent book reviewer for Rights in Russia, and his translations have been published in Index on Censorship magazine and Cardinal Points journal, as well as on the websites LeftEast and openDemocracy.
Reuben Woolley’s translation of Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on March 14, 2023.
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Shot through with Kurkov’s unique brand of black humour and vodka-fuelled magic realism, Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv is an affectionate portrait of one of the world’s most intriguing cities
Translated by Reuben Woolley