ROBERT FAGLES

[...] a long list of honors and awards preceded: the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, and others, including several honorary degrees. In...

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Published in:Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 2009-09, Vol.153 (3), p.323
Main Author: Brombert, Victor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aeschylus (522-456 BC)
Awards & honors
British & Irish literature
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
English language
English literature
Literary translation
Poetry
Poets
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Sophocles (496?-406 BC)
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Summary:[...] a long list of honors and awards preceded: the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, and others, including several honorary degrees. In 1960, he joined the English department at Princeton University, where he became a leading presence in comparative literature, first as director of the Program in Comparative Literature, then as founding chair of the department, from 1975 to 1994, leaving an indelible imprint.
ISSN:0003-049X
2326-9243