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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
Wednesday 11 February, 6:30pm – Durham, UK – Collected Books – Book here
Thursday 12 March, 7:00 pm – Nottingham, UK – Five Leaves Bookshop – Book here
Friday 8 May, 5:30 pm – Oxford, UK – Blackwell's Bookshop – Book here
April dates for events in Canada forthcoming!
Photos & Videos from recent events
15 January – National Centre for Writing, watch online
27 January - Pushkin House, London
29 January - Juno Books, Sheffield
With Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse & Hamid Ismailov at Pushkin House, London
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