Mandelbaum, Allen, 1926-2011

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Name (Hebrew)
מנדלבאום, אלן, 1926-2011
Name (Latin)
Mandelbaum, Allen, 1926-2011
Other forms of name
Mandelbaum, Allen, 1926-
Date of birth
1926-05-14
Date of death
2011-10-27
Field of activity
Classical poetry
Italian poetry
tranlating and interpreting
Occupation
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44441294
Wikidata: Q328686
Library of congress: n 78085454
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, Nov. 7, 2011(in obituary published Nov. 5: Allen Mandelbaum; b. May 14, 1926, Albany; d. Oct. 27, Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 85; his fluid, sensitive English version of Dante's Divine comedy stamped his reputation as one of the world's premier translators of Italian and classical poetry)
  • His Stasis and dynamis, 1952.

Wikipedia description:

Allen Mandelbaum (May 4, 1926 – October 27, 2011) was an American professor of literature and the humanities, poet, and translator from Classical Greek, Latin and Italian. His translations of classic works gained him numerous awards in Italy and the United States.

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