Question: This American writer's writings were translated  by Rita Rait-Kovelea, a soviet literary translator and writer

Context articles: Zdravka Evtimova
Kurt Vonnegut
Andrea Canobbio
Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli
Janis Mayes
Rita Rait-Kovaleva
Abdulla Qahhor
Daniele Pantano
Joanna Wajs
Hamid Olimjon

Zdravka Evtimova (Bulgarian: Здравка Евтимова) (born 24 July 1959 in Pernik, Bulgaria) is a contemporary Bulgarian writer.
 She has four short story collections and four novels published in Bulgarian.
 Her short stories have appeared in many international literary journals.
 Some of her short story collections were translated into other languages.
 As well as being an author, Zdravka works as a literary translator from English, French and German.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ( ; November 11, 1922April 11, 2007) was an American writer.
 In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction.
 He is most famous for his darkly satirical, best-selling novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969).
Andrea Canobbio (born Turin, 1962) is an Italian writer and translator.
 A graduate of the University of Turin, he made his literary debut in 1986.
 He has written several books, but is best known abroad for his novel "Tre anni luce".
 An English translation by Anne Milano Appel under the title "Three Light-Years" was widely praised upon publication.
 He has received a number of literary prizes, among them the Premio Mondello, the Premio Grinzane Cavour and the Premio Brancati.
 As a literary translator, Canobbio has translated works by Rousseau and Jean Echenoz from French to Italian.
Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli is an Italian science fiction and thriller author.
 Born in Carbonia in 1974, she has lived in Cagliari since 1993, where she works as a writer, as well as scientific and literary translator.
Dr. Janis Alene Mayes is a leading American author, literary critic,literary translator and professor in Africana literature.
 She has made literary contributions in French- and English-language literature in the African Diaspora.
 Her specialties are in French translation literary practices.
 She has translated ground-breaking anthologies and books in francophone literatures.
 Her translation of "A Rain of Words" is the first comprehensive anthology of francophone poetry and includes work from 47 authors not well known outside of francophone literature.
 She is also the pioneer and director of the first American study abroad program that examines the historical connections between African Americans and "Black Paris", entitled "Paris Noir".
 The Syracuse University program has been influential in shaping Africana-focused cultural programs at leading museums in Paris such as the Louvre.
 This original specialized program has also gained notoriety by attracting students from universities across the USA including Spelman, Agnes Scott, and George Washington University and Hampton University.
 It has brought students to Paris to meet in scholarship with world-renowned artists whp are connected to the intellectual, artistic, and historical Black French experience, such as Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sonia Sanchez and Toni Morrison.
 She was a board member of the Toni Morrison Society.
 In 2004, she participated in public conversations with Toni Morrison in Paris at the Theatre de la Madeleine after the unveiling of a bench commemorating the end of slavery in France.
 She has also organized cultural literary conferences, including an event with "Discover Paris!"
 that celebrated the literary contribution of Toni Morrison to the African diaspora.
Rita Yakovlevna Rait-Kovaleva (19 April 1898 – 29 December 1989) was a Soviet literary translator and writer, particularly known for her translations of J. D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut into Russian.
 Rait-Kovaleva's translation of "The Catcher in the Rye" (as "Over the Abyss in Rye") achieved initial popularity amid novel's success among Soviet readers during Khrushchev Thaw.
Abdulla Qahhor (sometimes spelled Abdulla Kahhar in English) (Uzbek: "Abdulla Qahhor, Абдулла Қаҳҳор" ) (September 17, 1907 – May 25, 1968) was an Uzbek novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator.
 He is best remembered as the author of the 1951 novel "Qoʻshchinor chiroqlari" ("The Lights of Qoʻshchinor") and the 1958 story "Sinchalak".
 In addition to writing numerous short stories and novels, Qahhor translated the works of many famous Russian writers, such as Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, and Nikolai Gogol into the Uzbek language.
 In particular, he translated "The Captain's Daughter" of Pushkin, "Marriage" and "The Government Inspector" of Gogol, and, together with his wife Kibriyo Qahhorova, "War and Peace" of Leo Tolstoy.
Daniele Pantano (born February 10, 1976) is a poet, literary translator, artist, editor, and scholar.
 He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German parentage.
 Pantano holds degrees in philosophy, literature, and creative writing.
 His poems have been translated into several languages, including Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German, Kurdish, and Persian.
 He is the American editor of "Härter", a prominent German literary magazine, co-editor of "em: a review of text and image", Publisher/Faculty Advisor of "Black Market Review", Translations Editor of "The Adirondack Review", and former editor of "Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art", "Poems Niederngasse," and "The M.A.G." Pantano divides his time between Switzerland, the United States, and England.
 He has taught at the University of South Florida and, as Visiting Poet-in-Residence, at Florida Southern College.
 In 2008, he joined the staff of Edge Hill University, England, as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Programme Leader of the BA Creative Writing.
 In 2012, he was promoted to Reader in Poetry and Literary Translation.
 Pantano is currently Head of Global Relations at VanessaPlace Inc.
Joanna Wajs (born May 20, 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish writer, literary critic and literary translator.
 She studied Polish and Italian philology at the University of Warsaw.
 Her prose works and poetry have been published in numerous respected literary periodicals in Poland.
 Her poetry has been translated into several languages, including Italian, Slovenian and Hebrew.
 Her first collection of poems, entitled "Sprzedawcy kieszonkowych lusterek" (pocket mirror salesman), was published in 2004 by the publishing house Zielona Sowa in Krakow.
 This collection won a number of prestigious awards, including the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Prize, which is awarded annually to debut poetry collections by Polish authors.
 She translates from Italian into Polish, including works by Oriana Fallaci, Dino Buzzati, Gian Antonio Stella and Valerio Evangelisti.
 She is also the editor of a column on poetry for the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Hamid Olimjon (sometimes spelled Hamid Alimjan in English) (Uzbek: "Ҳамид Олимжон; Hamid Olimjon" ; Russian: Хамид Алимджан; Khamid Alimdzhan ) (12 December 1909 – 3 July 1944) was an Uzbek poet, playwright, scholar, and literary translator of the Soviet period.
 Hamid Olimjon is considered to be one of the finest twentieth-century Uzbek poets.
 The Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia calls him "one of the founders of Uzbek Soviet literature".
 In addition to writing his own poetry, Hamid Olimjon translated the works of many famous foreign authors, such as Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Taras Shevchenko, and Mikhail Lermontov into the Uzbek language.