Avril Pyman
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Avril Pyman (aka Dr Avril Sokolov, FBA; born 4 May 1930) is a British scholar and translator of Russian literature.[1] Avril was a Reader in Russian at Durham University[2] and was the first female scholar of the University to be elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.[3]
In addition to translating poetry and children's literature, she has written a study of Russian symbolism, as well as biographies of Alexander Blok and Pavel Florensky.[4]
She was married to the late Russian artist Kirill Sokolov. They have daughter Irina (Irene).