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Watson Kirkconnell, OC FRSC (16 May 1895 – 26 February 1977) was a Canadian scholar, university administrator and translator. He is well known in Iceland, Eastern and Central Europe and among Canadians of different origins for his translations of national poetry, particularly from Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian. He collaborated with distinguished scholars and academics of his time in perfecting the translations, including literary critic Pavle Popović. One of his most remarkable translations is The Bards of Wales, a poem of Hungarian poet János Arany.

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  • Watson Kirkconnell (en)
  • Ватсон Кірконел (uk)
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  • Ватсон Кірконел (англ. Watson Kirkconnell; 16 травня 1895 — 26 лютого 1977) — канадський вчений, адміністратор університету, перекладач зі слов'янських мов і угорської. Добре відомий в Ісландії, Східній і Центральній Європі, а також серед канадців різного походження за свої переклади національної поезії. Він співпрацював з видатними вченими свого часу у вдосконаленні перекладів, у тому числі з сербським літературним критиком Поповичем. Одним з його найбільш чудових перекладів є «Уельські барди» угорського поета Яноша Араня. (uk)
  • Watson Kirkconnell, OC FRSC (16 May 1895 – 26 February 1977) was a Canadian scholar, university administrator and translator. He is well known in Iceland, Eastern and Central Europe and among Canadians of different origins for his translations of national poetry, particularly from Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian. He collaborated with distinguished scholars and academics of his time in perfecting the translations, including literary critic Pavle Popović. One of his most remarkable translations is The Bards of Wales, a poem of Hungarian poet János Arany. (en)
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  • Watson Kirkconnell (en)
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  • Watson Kirkconnell (en)
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  • Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada (en)
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  • Port Hope, Ontario, Canada (en)
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