 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (October 2011) |
Willis Barnstone | |
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| Born | 13 November 1927 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, poet, literary critic, memoirist, translator, Biblical and Gnostic scholar |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Robert Barnstone and Dora Lempert |
Willis Barnstone (born November 13, 1927) is an American poet, religious scholar, and translator. He was born in Lewiston, Maine and lives in Oakland, California. He has translated works by Jorge Luis Borges, Antonio Machado, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pedro Salinas, Pablo Neruda, and Wang Wei, as well as the New Testament and fragments by Sappho and pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus (Ἡράκλειτος).[1]
- ^ Poets, Academy of American. "About Willis Barnstone | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.