J. M. Cohen

J. M. (John Michael) Cohen (5 February 1903 – 19 July 1989) was a prolific British translator of European literature into English.

His translation of Pasternak garnered praise from American poet John Ashbery, in his book Other Traditions.

His workmanlike and accurate translation of Don Quixote, published in 1950, has been highly praised, and remained in print until 2000.

[3] However, some critics have compared it unfavourably to the translation by Samuel Putnam on the basis of Cohen being "too faithful to the original.

"[5] The Guardian declared that he "did perhaps more than anyone else in his generation to introduce British readers to the classics of world literature by making them available in good modern English translations.