Nikolai Boris Popov () (born 1952) is a translator.
Life Popove graduated from University of Washington, with a Ph.D., in 1994. In 2001, he participated at a conference at University of Iowa International Writing Program. He teaches English and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington. A James Joyce scholar and translator, he co-translated with Heather McHugh a collection of the poems of Blaga Dimitrova, and Paul Celan. On May 13, 2012, he fell into a crevasse while skiing near Whistler but was unscathed.
From 1987 to 2010 he was married to poet Heather McHugh.
Awards 2001 Griffin Poetry Prize
Translations
References
External links Nikolai Popov, Harper's Magazine
Griffin Poetry Prize biography Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip