Jamey Gambrell

Jamey Gambrell (April 10, 1954 – February 15, 2020) was an American translator of Russian literature, and an expert in modern art.

Her mother, Helen Roddy, was a teacher, and her father, James Gambrell III, was a professor of law.

[1] Gambrell's first publication was a translated article on the Soviet-Afghan war by Artyom Borovik, which appeared in the magazine Life in 1980.

[3] In the early 1980s, Gambrell was offered the diaries of Marina Tsvetaeva by Alexander Sumerkin, Joseph Brodsky's literary secretary.

[8] Barbara Herbich's film USSaRt documented the proceedings, for which Gambrell interviewed the participating artists.