Donald Rayfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Donald Rayfield

British translator

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1942

Place of Birth: Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: historian, literary critic, linguist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

(Patrick) Donald Rayfield OBE (born February 1942, Oxford) is professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London.
He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police.
He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia.
He translated Georgian and Russian poets and prose writers.