Robert Fagles
Robert Fagles | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Died | March 26, 2008 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 74)
Education | Amherst College (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Professor at Princeton University; Poet |
Spouse |
Marilyn Duchovnay (m. 1956) |
Awards | National Humanities Medal |
Robert Fagles (/ˈfeɪɡəlz/;[1] September 11, 1933 – March 26, 2008)[2][3] was an American translator, poet, and academic. He was best known for his many translations of ancient Greek and Roman classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer. He taught English and comparative literature for many years at Princeton University.
Life
Fagles was born in
From 1960 to 1962, Fagles was an English instructor at Princeton University. In 1962 he was promoted to assistant professor, and in 1965 became an associate professor of English and comparative literature. Later that year he became director of the comparative literature program. In 1970, he became a full professor, and from 1975 was the department chair. He retired from teaching as the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature in 2002, and remained a professor emeritus at Princeton.
Between 1961 and 1996, Fagles translated many ancient Greek works. His first translation was of the poetry of
In 1978, Fagles published I, Vincent: Poems from the Pictures of Van Gogh. He was the co-editor of Homer: A Collection of Critical Essays (1962) and Pope's Iliad and Odyssey (1967).
Fagles died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 26, 2008, from prostate cancer.
Awards
Fagles was nominated for the
In addition to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fagles was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[5] and the American Philosophical Society.[6]
He received a National Humanities Medal by the National Endowment for the Humanities.[7]
On June 8, 2011, a resource center devoted to the study of the Classics was dedicated to Dr. Fagles at Princeton High School. At the dedication, students and teachers paid tribute to Dr. Fagles.[8]
Translations
- Bacchylides, Complete Poems (1961)
- The Oresteia(1975)
- Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays (1982)
- The Iliad(1990)
- Homer, The Odyssey(1996)
- The Aeneid(2006)
See also
References
- YouTube
- ^ Obituary from Princeton University
- ^ Robert Fagles, Translator of the Classics, Dies at 74. The New York Times. 2008. March 29.
- ^ [1] Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Robert Fagles". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Robert Fagles: Awards & Honors: 2006 NAtional Humanities medalist". National Endowment for the Humanities. 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ [2] Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Edwin Frank, Andrew McCord (Summer 1999). "Robert Fagles, The Art of Translation No. 2". Paris Review. Summer 1999 (151).