Raffel, Burton
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Name (Latin)
Raffel, Burton
Date of birth
1928-04-27
Date of death
2015-09-29
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
English teachers
Poets
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Poems from the Old English, 1960.
- His Robert Lowell, 1981:t.p. (Burton Raffel) CIP data sheet (b. 4/27/28)
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(B.A., M.A., LL.B.)
- The Acadiana Advocate (online), Literary scholar Burton Raffel, 87, dies at his Lafayette home, Oct. 9, 2015, viewed February 4, 2021(native of Brooklyn, New York; published more than 100 books, including translations of "Beowulf" (1963) and "Don Quijote"; published works of poetry and fiction, annotated literature, literary and other translations spanning at least a dozen languages, including Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy (2010), his final work; taught in Indonesia, Israel, Austin, Ontario and Denver; accepted position as distinguished professor of arts and humanities in Lafayette in 1989, taught there until retirement in 2003; Juris Doctor from Yale Law School while teacher at Lafayette)
- The chronicle of higher education, Oct. 16, 2015:page A29 (Burton Raffel; d. Sept. 29, 2015; professor emeritus of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
- LCN ; note: b. 4/27/28
Wikipedia description:
Burton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor. He is best known for his vigorous translation of Beowulf, still widely used in universities, colleges and high schools. Other important translations include Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, Poems and Prose from the Old English, The Voice of the Night: Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, The Essential Horace, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel and Dante's The Divine Comedy.
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