Peter Mertvago

Background

Peter Mertvago was born on June 22, 1946 in Athens, Attiki, Greece.

Education

He received from New York University a B.A. in 1968 and an M.A. in 1970. Besides, he obtained a B.A. (with honors) from Queen’s College, Oxford in 1972.

Career

Mertvago worked at the University of California, Berkeley as an instructor in Latin from 1972 to 1975. Then he worked for the United Nations, New York City as a translator and interpreter in English booth from 1976 to 1979. Thereafter he was an interpreter in Geneva, Switzerland from 1979 to 1995, and since 1995 he was senior interpreter in English booth. Mertvago worked for the University of Geneva as an instructor between 1986 and 1993.

Achievements

• Mertvago is known as the author of the dictionaries of one-thousand Spanish, French, Italian, German and Russian proverbs.

Works

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• book

  • Dictionary of 1000 Russian Proverbs: With English Equivalents (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs) (English and Russian Edition)
  • Dictionary of 1000 Spanish Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs)
  • Dictionary of 1000 German Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs)
  • Dictionary of 1000 Italian Proverbs: With English Equivalents (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs)
  • Dictionary of 1000 French Proverbs: With English Equivalents (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs)

Interests

• Art (painting, printmaking)

Connections

He married Ludmila Zernovoy on January 7, 1976. The couple has 2 children: Vladimir and Nicholas.

Spouse:

Ludmila Zernovoy

child:

Vladimir Mertvago

child:

Nicholas Mertvago