An article by Brenda Cronin from The Wall Street Journal about C.K. Scott Moncrieff:
"Almost a decade ago, writer Jean Findlay found herself at home with two young sons, casting about for a new project. Her mother produced a worn leather suitcase filled with the letters, diaries and poems of Ms. Findlay’s great-great uncle, the man known to his relatives as 'C.K.'
"'C.K.' was Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, best known as the translator whose Herculean rendering of Marcel Proust’s 1.2-million-word 'In Search of Lost Time' introduced English-speaking readers to a reflection on time, love, perception and memory."
Read the full article on The Wall Street Journal's webpage: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-double-life-of-proust-translator-c-k-scott-moncrieff-1426003755