Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past. Scott Moncrieff's magnificent Proust translation (volumes one through six of the seven) has earned him a place as one of the greatest translators of all time.
Scott Moncrieff was born i...
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Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past. Scott Moncrieff's magnificent Proust translation (volumes one through six of the seven) has earned him a place as one of the greatest translators of all time.
Scott Moncrieff was born in Stirlingshire, the youngest of three sons. Because his brothers, Colin Scott Moncrieff and John Michael Scott Moncrieff, were several years older, the young "Charlie" spending much of his childhood playing alone or lost in books. From the age of seven he attended a local day school, where he displayed an uncommon genius for languages.
He attended Winchester College and while still a schoolboy, became associated with the Wildean circles of Robert Ross and Christopher Millard, with whom he began a sexual relationship which was to last into his...
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