Sasha Dugdale

Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. Her sixth book of poetry is The Strongbox, published by Carcanet (UK) in 2024. Deformations (2020) was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Derek Walcott Prizes. Her long poem "Joy" won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem of 2016. 

Dugdale's translation of Maria Stepanova’s prose work In Memory of Memory was shortlisted for the International Booker and won the MLA Lois Roth Award. She has translated two of Stepanova’s poetry collections and work by a number of Russian-language women poets, including Elena Shvarts and Marina Tsvetaeva. For many years she specialized in translating Russian-language new writing for theaters in the UK and US, including the New York Public Theater and the UK’s Royal Court Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. 

Sasha Dugdale

Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. Her sixth book of poetry is The Strongbox, published by Carcanet (UK) in 2024. Deformations (2020) was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Derek Walcott Prizes. Her long poem "Joy" won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem of 2016. 

Dugdale's translation of Maria Stepanova’s prose work In Memory of Memory was shortlisted for the International Booker and won the MLA Lois Roth Award. She has translated two of Stepanova’s poetry collections and work by a number of Russian-language women poets, including Elena Shvarts and Marina Tsvetaeva. For many years she specialized in translating Russian-language new writing for theaters in the UK and US, including the New York Public Theater and the UK’s Royal Court Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. 

Books by Sasha Dugdale

  • In Memory of Memory

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    Paperback, 2021

    An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers
    Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize
    Winner of the MLA Lois Roth Translation...
  • In Memory of Memory

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    E Book, 2021

    An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers
    Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize
    Winner of the MLA Lois Roth Translation...
  • Holy Winter 20/21

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    Paperback, 2024

    A deeply moving poem about winter and exile, war and the pandemic from “Russia’s greatest living poet” (Poetry) and the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory
  • Holy Winter 20/21

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    E Book

    A deeply moving poem about winter and exile, war and the pandemic from “Russia’s greatest living poet” (Poetry) and the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory
  • The Disappearing Act

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    Paperback, 2026

    From the renowned Russian author of In Memory of Memory, a stunning new dreamlike work about exile and art
  • The Disappearing Act

    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale

    E Book

    From the renowned Russian author of In Memory of Memory, a stunning new dreamlike work about exile and art