| "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by Pavel Bazhov | |||
| Original title | Медной горы хозяйка | ||
| Translator | Alan Moray Williams (first), Eve Manning, et al. | ||
| Country | Soviet Union | ||
| Language | Russian | ||
| Genre(s) | skaz | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Krasnaya Nov | ||
| Publication type | Periodical | ||
| Media type | Print (magazine, hardback and paperback) | ||
| Publication date | 1936 | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | The Malachite Casket collection (list of stories) | ||
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"The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" (Russian: Медной горы хозяйка, romanized: Mednoj gory hozjajka),[1] also known as "The Queen of the Copper Mountain" or "The Mistress of the Copper Mine",[2] is a folk tale (the so-called skaz) of the Ural region of Russia collected and reworked by Pavel Bazhov. It was first published in the 11th issue of the Krasnaya Nov literary magazine in 1936 and later the same year as a part of the collection Prerevolutionary Folklore of the Urals.[3][4]
It was later reprinted as a part of the collection The Malachite Box in 1939.[5] In 1944 the story was translated from Russian into English by Alan Moray Williams and published by Hutchinson.[6] In the 1950s, another translation was made by Eve Manning.[7][8] The story was published in the collection Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov, published by Penguin Books in 2012. It was translated by Anna Gunin.[9] It was included in James Riordan's collection of stories The Mistress of the Copper Mountain: Tales from the Urals, published in 1974 by Frederick Muller Ltd.[10] Riordan heard the tales from a headteacher when he was bedridden in Sverdlovsk. After returning to England, he rewrote the tales from memory, checking them against Bazhov's book. He preferred not to call himself "translator", believing that "communicator" was more appropriate.[11]
- ^ Bazhov 1950s, p. 9.
- ^ "The Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals – Pavel Bazhov, Alan Moray Williams". Little White Crow. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Bazhov 1952, p. 240.
- ^ "Mednoj gory hozjajka" (in Russian). FantLab. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "The Malachite Box" (in Russian). The Live Book Museum. Yekaterinburg. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ The malachite casket; tales from the Urals, (Book, 1944). WorldCat. OCLC 1998181. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Malachite casket : tales from the Urals / P. Bazhov; [translated from the Russian by Eve Manning; illustrated by O. Korovin; designed by A. Vlasova]". The National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Malachite casket; tales from the Urals. (Book, 1950s). WorldCat. OCLC 10874080. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Russian magic tales from Pushkin to Platonov (Book, 2012). WorldCat.org. OCLC 802293730. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "The mistress of the Copper Mountain : tales from the Urals / [collected by] Pavel Bazhov; [translated and adapted by] James Riordan". Trove. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ Lathey, Gillian (July 24, 2015). Translating Children's Literature. Routledge. p. 118. ISBN 9781317621317.