Irina Leek

Irina Leek was born 1972 in Moscow. After school she entered the Moscow Linguistic University at the Faculty of Translation for Dutch and also studied in Maastricht where after graduation she worked at the translation department of the Higher School of Translators.

After returning to Russia Leek taught theory and practice of oral and written translation at the Department of Scandinavian, Dutch and Finnish languages at Moscow State Linguistic University for more than 10 years, collaborating also actively with the Dutch Institute in St. Petersburg.

Leek is the well-known translator of Toon Tellegen, Annie Schmidt, Anna Woltz, and many other Dutch authors. And she is also an author of 14 children’s books (0+, 3+, 6+, 12+) and 5 adult books. She writes with the sense of magic and humor and works in genres of detective, mystery, comedy.