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Photo credit: Wemmy Ogunyankin
My name is Irina Sadovina.
I'm a literary translator working with Russian and Mari, writer, and language educator.
My translation of Anna Nerkagi's White Moss (Pushkin Press, 2026) was named Blackwell's Book of the Month and reviewed in The Guardian and The Irish Times.
My writing appears in The Sheffield Review, Prototype, and other publications. I hold PhDs in Comparative Literature and Folklore, and teach Russian language at the University of Sheffield. Born in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, I'm currently based in the UK.
The stress in my surname falls on the second syllable.
Follow me on Instagram (@irina.sadovina) and on Substack (Overidentification).
Upcoming Events
QUEBEC CITY, QC:
April 2, 2026, 7:30pm – MORRIN CENTRE. Translating Indigenous Fiction, in conversation with Jeanne Mathieu-Lessard. Book here.
TORONTO, ON:
April 8, 3:30pm – JACKMAN HUMANITIES INSTITUTE, University of Toronto. Info about the launch here.
April 9, 7pm – TYPE BOOKS. Launch & Q&A with translator Claire Foster.
LONDON, ON:
April 12, 4pm – LITTLE WREN BOOKS. Launch & discussion with Pujita Verma and Melissa Powless Day. Details here.
WINNIPEG, MB:
April 16 – CANADIAN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY. Save the Date, details TBD.
OXFORD, UK:
May 8, 5:30 pm – Blackwell's Bookshop – Book here
Photos & Videos from recent events
January 15 – National Centre for Writing, watch online
January 27 - Pushkin House, London
January 29 - Juno Books, Sheffield
February 11 – Durham, UK – Collected Books
March 12 – Nottingham, UK – Five Leaves Bookshop
March 26 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Metropolitan University
With Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse & Hamid Ismailov at Pushkin House, London
with Ruth Clarke at Collected Books, Durham
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