Roy MacGregor-Hastie (28 March 1929[1] – 12 February 1994)[2] was a British author, journalist, political commentator, poet, and translator from and into Romanian.
He spoke seven languages, including Russian, was one of the most widely read commentators on Communist affairs, and reported from Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.
[3] He published many books, including biographies of Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Charles George Gordon, and Mircea Snegur.
His biography of Nikita Khrushchev sold over 150,000 copies, and has been translated into many European languages and Turkish.
[4] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 27 July 1964.