This American writer's writings were translated  by Rita Rait-Kovelea, a soviet literary translator and writer
Rita Rait-Kovaleva 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.
Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak ( ; Russian: Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ; ] ) (10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1890 30 May 1960) was a Soviet Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. In his native Russian, Pasternak's first book of poems, "My Sister, Life" (1917), is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. Pasternak's translations of stage plays by Goethe, Schiller, Calderón de la Barca and Shakespeare remain very popular with Russian audiences.