Daniel Weissbort (1935–2013)
Auteur de The Poetry of Survival: Post-War Poets of Central and Eastern Europe
A propos de l'auteur
Daniel Weissbort was born in London, England on April 30, 1935. He studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge. After briefly working in his father's clothing factory, he took up research work in poetry in post-Stalinist Russia. He was the founder with Ted Hughes of Modern Poetry in Translation afficher plus (MPT), a magazine that publishes the best of world poetry in translation, in 1965. Weissbort edited MPT until 2004. He worked as a professor of English and comparative literature and leader of a translation workshop at the University of Iowa. He edited numerous anthologies including An Anthology of Contemporary Russian Women Poets and was the author of collections of poetry including Letters to Ted. He died on November 18, 2013 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Daniel Weissbort
The Poetry of Survival: Post-War Poets of Central and Eastern Europe (1991) — Directeur de publication — 44 exemplaires
Selected poems by Natalya Gorbanevskaya — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Weissbort, Daniel
- Nom légal
- Weissbort, Daniel Jack
- Date de naissance
- 1935-05-01
- Date de décès
- 2013-11-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Iowa, USA - Études
- University of Cambridge (BA ∙ 1956 ∙ MA ∙ 1981)
St Paul's School, London, England, UK - Professions
- professor
poetry magazine editor
poet
translator - Relations
- Polukhina, Valentina (spouse)
- Organisations
- University of Iowa
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 147
- Popularité
- #140,982
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- ISBN
- 26
- Favoris
- 1