Mikhail Mikhailovich Morozov (; 18 February 1897 – 9 May 1952) was a Russian Shakespeare scholar and translator. Mika Morozov

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Morozov was educated in England; later, he attended

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. After his studies, he worked at several Russian theaters and also taught English. In 1935, he was made professor at the Institute of Red Professors. He was responsible for teaching Western literature, with an emphasis on

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works. He was a leader in scholarly societies devoted to Shakespeare and organized his first annual conference on the English dramatist in 1939. Morozov wrote several articles and books about Shakespeare, including literary translations. His work as a translator usually relied on collaboration with others, because he did not consider himself a poet. Among his collaborators were the poets

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, Vil'gel'm Levik, and

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. His interlinear prose translations included commentaries and were completely new to Soviet research. His editions of ''

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'' and ''

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'' were very well-received. After the Second World War, Morozov published a biography of Shakespeare. He suffered discrimination during the "campaign against cosmopolitanism."

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