Henry Carlisle

Who was Henry Carlisle?

Henry Coffin Carlisle was a translator, novelist, and anti-censorship activist.

Carlisle, with his wife Olga Andreyeva Carlisle, was notable for translating Alexander Solzhenitsyn's work into English. Although Solzhenitsyn criticized the translations, Olga Carlisle felt they helped bring his work to a wider audience, and contributed to Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Prize.

Carlisle was president of PEN American Center, and actively supported writers facing censorship.