{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Joe Fineberg''' (1886–1957) was a prominent translator for the Communist International. He produced English translations of works by Alexander Bogdanov, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Ilya Ehrenburg, Vladimir Lenin, Boris Polevoy, Leo Tolstoy and others.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AFineberg+J.&qt=results_page Joseph Fineberg's books on Worldcat.org]</ref><ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AFineberg+J.&qt=results_page Joseph Fineberg's books on http://www.netvibes.com/zubovsky_boulevard]</ref>

Fineberg was born in Poland but it was while in London that he became active in the Jewish Social Democratic Organisation, a section of the British Socialist Party (BSP) for Jews based in London's East End. Although living in Hackney, he was secretary of the Stepney BSP branch.<ref>[https://grahamstevenson.me.uk/2010/06/20/fineberg-joe/ Joe Fineberg] accessed 4 July 2012</ref>

In July 1918, Fineberg moved to post-revolutionary Russia of his own volition, at a time when many of his comrades were being deported. Once there he became a translator for the Communist International and joined the Bolshevik British Communist Group in Russia.

Fineberg was at the Founding Congress of the Comintern (2–6 March 1919).

==Works translated== * Alexander Bogdanov & Šolom Dvolajckij: ''A Short Course of Economic Science'' (published in English in 1923) * Lenin: ''What is to be done'' (published in English in 1929) * Lenin: ''Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder'' (published in English in 1935) * Dobrolyubov, N. A. ''Selected philosophical essays.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1956. xlvi, 659 p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Ehrenburg, Ilya. ''The storm : a novel in six parts.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1948. [736] p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Golubov, S. ''Bagrattion : the honour and glory of 1812.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1945. [264] p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Gorky, M. ''Selected works in two volumes : volume 1 : stories plays.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1948. 698 p. Translated by B. Isaacs, J. Fineberg, Margaret Wettlin, R. Prokofieva, and H. Kasanina. * Lenin, V. I. ''Collected works volume 4 : 1989 - April 1901.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 4th ed., 1977. 574 p. Translated by Joe Fineberg, George Hanna, and Victor Jerome. * Lenin, V. I. ''Collected works volume 5 : May 1901 - February 1902.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 5th ed., 1977. 574 p. Translated by Joe Fineberg, George Hanna, and Victor Jerome. * Lenin, V. I. ''Collected works volume 20 : December 1913 - August 1914.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 3rd ed., 1977. 625 p. Translated by Bernard Isaacs, Joe Fineberg, and Julius Katzer. * Lenin, V. I. ''Collected works volume 23 : August 1916 - March 1917.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 5th ed., 1981. 427 p. Translated by M. S. Levin and Joe Fineberg. * Lenin, V. I. Leiteisen, C. (editor). ''On peaceful coexistence.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. [256] p. Translated by George Hanna and Joseph Fineberg. * Pavlenko, Pyotr. ''Happiness : a novel.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1950. [595] p. Series title: Library of selected Soviet literature. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Plekhanov, G. V. ''The role of the individual in history.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1946. 56 p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Polevoi, Boris. Skvirsky, David (editor). ''A story about a real man.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 5th ed., 1973. 344 p. Series title: Progress Soviet authors library. Translated by Joe Fineberg. * Safonov, V. ''Land in bloom.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. [544] p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Stepanov, A. ''Port Arthur : a historical narrative.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1947. 784 p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Tolstoy, Leo. ''Tales of Sevastopol.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1952. [154] p. Series title: Classics of Russian literature. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Tolstoy, Lev. ''Tales of Sevastopol + The Cossacks.'' Moscow : Progress Publishers. 367 p. Series title: Progress Russian classics series. Translated by Robert Daglish and Joe Feinberg. * Voroshilov, K., Zhdanov, A., Popkov, P., Tikhonov, N., Krukov, V., Fadeyev, A., Fyedorov, E., Luknitsky, P., Vishnevsky, V., Chukovsky, N., Indursky, S., Kunga, E., Farfal, S., Frantishev, L., Govorov, L., Gussev, D., Kuznetsov, A., Solovyov, N., Antonov, V., Bergholz, O., and Tikhonov, N. ''Heroic Leningrad : documents, sketches and stories of its siege and relief.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1945. [152] p. Translated by J. Fineberg. * Wipper, R. ''Ivan Grozny.'' Moscow : Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1947. 254 p. Translated by J. Fineberg.

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== External links == * [https://www.marxists.org/archive/fineberg/index.htm Joseph Fineberg Archive] at marxists.org

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