Elina Benenson is a Russian-born Italian literary translator, considered one of the most authoritative voices in the field of translation from Russian. Her career is inextricably linked to translating the great classics of Russian literature into Italian, a work for which she has received widespread critical acclaim. She is credited with acclaimed translations of seminal works by Fyodor Dostoevsky, including *The Brothers Karamazov* and *Demons*, as well as by authors such as Vasily Grossman (*Life and Fate*), Ivan Turgenev, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Her approach is distinguished by its profound philological rigor and an extraordinary sensitivity in rendering the rhythm, polyphony, and stylistic complexity of the original text into a modern and vibrant Italian. For the excellence of her work, she has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Grinzane Cavour Prize and the Gregor von Rezzori Prize for translation, which attest to her fundamental contribution to the dissemination of Russian culture in Italy.