Yuri Ottovich Bem

1924–2014

Editor and translator from German

Yuri Bem graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in 1949. He worked on the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, served as editor-in-chief of the Vostochnaya Literatura publishing house and headed the book editorial department at Pravda. His translations included fiction, history and general-interest books.

Selected translations

1. Карл Брукнер. «Золотой фараон»

   Молодая гвардия, 1967.

   Translated from German by Yu. O. Bem and N. A. Doldobanova.

   Library record (in Russian)

2. Фредерик Роуз. «Аборигены Австралии: их прошлое и настоящее»

   Наука, 1981.

   Translated from German by Yu. O. Bem.

   Library record (in Russian)

3. Кай Хофельманн. «Все феномены мира»

   Астрель / Олимп, 2000.

   Translated from German by Yu. O. Bem.

   Library record (in Russian)

Recollections

Yuri Bem served in the Great Patriotic War. In an interview with Artyom Drabkin, he recalled teaching during evacuation, his military service and his return to publishing.

Read Yuri Bem’s recollections on I Remember (in Russian)

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