Madeleine Wulfahrt
Writer and Translator
Madeleine Wulfahrt (née Pulman-Jones) was born in London, and lives in New York. She has written essays for Penguin Modern Classics, MUBI Notebook, The Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere. Her poems have appeared in publications including PN Review and The Adroit Journal. As a translator, Madeleine works across Polish, Russian and Yiddish, and is experienced working with literary, journalistic, and commercial texts. Between 2017 and 2022, she spent time living in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Warsaw, where she worked with a variety of cultural institutions. She is currently completing an MA in Slavic Languages at Columbia, and working on a book.
Portraits by Josh Wulfahrt
Resume
Education
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MA Slavic Languages and Literatures - Polish, Russian, Yiddish (4.0 GPA); Columbia University (New York, USA: 2023- in progress)
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MA Middle Eastern Studies - Jewish Studies (Distinction); SOAS University of London (London, UK: 2022-2023)
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BA Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics - Russian, Polish, Spanish (Double First);The University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK: 2017-2021)
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Year Abroad Program in Russian Language and Literature; Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia: 2019-2020)
Experience
- Freelance Writer (2020-present); The Guardian, Penguin Modern Classics, PN Review etc.
- Freelance Translator from Russian and Polish (2020-present); literary translation, commercial translation, crisis interpreting on the Polish-Ukrainian border
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Polish Language Instructor; Columbia University (New York, USA: 2024-present)
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Harper-Wood Creative Writing and Travel Award for English Poetry and Literature, St. John’s College Cambridge (2021-2022)
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Kem School (Performance Art); Kem Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland: 2022)
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University of Warsaw Prize for Literary Translation; The University of Cambridge/The University of Warsaw (2021)
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Editorial Intern; Strelka Magazine (Moscow, Russia: 2019)
- Research Assistant to Dr. Rachel Polonsky (Cambridge, UK: 2019)
- Curatorial Intern; State Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia: 2018)
Languages
- Russian - Advanced
- Polish - Advanced
- Spanish - Advanced
- Yiddish - Intermediate
- French - Reading Ability