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Nathan Haskell Dole
1852–1935
A restless man of letters, he helped bring Russian and other European writers to English-speaking readers while building a career as an editor, journalist, poet, and novelist.
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The Spell of Switzerland
by Nathan Haskell Dole
About the author
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1852, Nathan Haskell Dole studied at Phillips Academy and graduated from Harvard in 1874. He went on to teach and work in journalism in cities including Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York before devoting much of his career to writing, editing, and translation.
He is best remembered for introducing English-language readers to major European authors, especially through his translations of Leo Tolstoy and other Russian writers. He also translated work from Spanish, French, and Italian, and wrote across several genres himself, including poetry, fiction, essays, and literary commentary.
Dole died in 1935. His career reflects the wide-ranging literary energy of his era: curious, multilingual, and eager to connect American readers with books from far beyond their own borders.