Mary Barnard

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Mary Barnard
BornDecember 6, 1909
Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
DiedAugust 25, 2001(2001-08-25) (aged 91)
Notable awards

Mary Ethel Barnard (December 6, 1909 – August 25, 2001) was an American

translator. She is known for her elegant rendering of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print.[1]

Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship, Issue 94, was exclusively dedicated to her work and her correspondence with Pound.

Poetry Magazine in 1935, and an Elliston Award for her Collected Poems, a Western States Book Award in 1986, (for Time and the White Tigress).[2] Among other honors were: the Washington State Governor's Award for achievement in the literary arts,[3] and the May Sarton Award for Poetry from the New England Poetry Club in 1987.[4]

Biography

Shimer College
.

Barnard was born in

Lockwood Memorial Library (University at Buffalo, New York) arranged readings and amassed the writing of many modern poets.[8]

Barnard won several

Jane Mecom, Franklin's youngest sister.[citation needed] Van Doren and Barnard had a common interest in the poet Elinor Wylie.[11] Barnard also worked as a freelance writer. Barnard was also a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).[12]

Barnard was mentored via airmail from Italy by Ezra Pound after she sent him six poems, and was introduced to the likes of William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore.[1] This generated a lifetime of lengthy correspondence with the former in addition to comprehensive instruction on the art of poetry from Pound. Pound encouraged Barnard to use translations to hone her poetic abilities.[1] Pound also encouraged Barnard to visit Europe, meet H.D., which did not happen despite pressure from Pound, and generally witness the continental European scene. In 1958, inspired by Salvatore Quasimodo's anthology Greci Lirici, Barnard published Sappho: A New Translation, with the encouragement of Pound, whom she sent the first drafts of the work.[13]

She returned to Vancouver after fifteen years on the East Coast and continued to write, mostly original poetry and prose, until her death.[14]

Works

See also

Works cited

  • Barnard, Mary (1984). Assault on Mount Helicon: A Literary Memoir.
  • Barnsley, Sarah (2013). Mary Barnard, American Imagist.
    ISBN 9781438448572
    .

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780313304484
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  2. ^ a b "Mary Barnard". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
  3. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. xix.
  4. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. 20.
  5. ProQuest 253392811
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  6. ^ a b Barnsley 2013, p. 12.
  7. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. 15.
  8. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. 2.
  9. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. 11.
  10. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. 19.
  11. ^ Barnard 1984, p. 40.
  12. ^ "Bardnard Biography-long version". marybarnard.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  13. ^ Piantanida, Cecilia (2021). Sappho and Catullus in 20th Century Italian and American Poetry. Bloomsbury. p. 110.
  14. ^ Barnsley 2013, p. xvi.

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