Robert Fitzgerald | |
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 Robert Fitzgerald in 1943, by Walker Evans | |
| Born | Robert Stuart Fitzgerald October 12, 1910 |
| Died | January 16, 1985 (aged 74) Hamden, Connecticut |
Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was an American poet, literary critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students".[1] He was best known as a translator of ancient Greek and Latin. He also composed several books of his own poetry.
- ^ Mitgang, Herbert (January 17, 1985). Robert Fitzgerald, 74, poet who translated the classics. New York Times