Anatoly Kudryavitsky is a Russian-Irish novelist, poet and literary translator. Kudryavitsky's father, Jerzy, was a Polish naval officer who served in the Russian fleet based in the Far East, while his mother Nelly Kitterick, a music teacher, was the daughter of an Irishman from County Mayo who ended up in one of Stalin’s concentration camps. His aunt Isabel Kitterick, also a music teacher as well as a musicologist, published a critically acclaimed book titled "Chopin’s Lyrical Diary". Having lived in Russia and Germany, Kudryavitsky now lives in South Dublin.
