Marie Borroff
Marie Borroff | |
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| Born | September 10, 1923 New York City,U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 2019(aged 95) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Title | Sterling Professor of English |
| Relatives | Edith Borroff(sister) |
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| Institutions | Yale University |
Marie Edith Borroff(September 10, 1923 – July 5, 2019) was an Americanpoet,translator,and theSterling Professor of Englishemerita atYale University.[2]
Life
[edit]Borroff was born inNew York Cityin 1923, the daughter of professional musicians Marie Bergerson and (Albert) Ramon Borroff,[3]and sister of composerEdith Borroff.She graduated from theUniversity of Chicagowith a BA and MA in 1946,[4]and fromYale Universitywith a Ph.D. in 1956. In 1959, she became the first woman to teach in the English Department at Yale. In 1965, she was the first woman appointed to be an English professor. She retired in 1994.[5]
An Endowed Chair at Yale has been named for her (Marie Borroff Professor of English), presently held byArdis Butterfield.[6]
Works
[edit]- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Stylistic and Metrical Study.Yale University Press. 1963.
- Marie Borroff, ed. (1963).Wallace Stevens; a collection of critical essays.Prentice-Hall.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a new verse translation.Translated by Marie Borroff. Norton. 1967.
- Pearl: a new verse translation.Translated by Marie Borroff. W. W. Norton. 1977.ISBN978-0-393-09144-1.
- Language and the Poet.University of Chicago Press. 1979.ISBN978-0-226-06651-6.
- Marie Borroff; Mary Teresa Tavormina; Robert F. Yeager, eds. (1995).The Endless Knot: Essays on Old and Middle English in Honor of Marie Borroff.D.S. Brewer.ISBN978-0-85991-480-2.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Patience; and Pearl: verse translations.Translated by Marie Borroff. W.W. Norton. 2001.ISBN978-0-393-97658-8.
- Stars and Other Signs.Yale University Press. 2002.ISBN978-0-300-09570-8.
- Traditions and Renewals: Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Beyond.Yale University Press. 2003.ISBN978-0-300-09612-5.
- Albert Gelpi,ed. (1993)."From" Recent Poetry "".Denise Levertov: selected criticism.University of Michigan Press.ISBN978-0-472-06416-8.
References
[edit]- ^"In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, distinguished scholar of English literature".YaleNews.July 9, 2019.RetrievedAugust 14,2021.
- ^"Marie Borroff | English".Yale University English.Yale University. 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 2 November 2017.Retrieved30 May2019.
- ^Regier, Janet (2001)."Borroff, Edith | Grove Music".oxfordmusiconline.doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03627.ISBN978-1-56159-263-0.Retrieved2019-10-26.
- ^"Class News",The University of Chicago Magazine
- ^Yale Alumni Publications, Inc."Yale Alumni Magazine: emeritus professors (May 2003)".Archived fromthe originalon 2003-05-27.Retrieved2014-09-20.
- ^"Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications".opa.yale.edu. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-07-26.Retrieved2014-09-20.
External links
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Categories:
- University of Chicago alumni
- Yale University faculty
- Yale Sterling Professors
- 2019 deaths
- Translators from Old English
- American women poets
- 20th-century American poets
- 20th-century American translators
- 20th-century American women writers
- Poets from New York City
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American translators
- 1923 births
- American women medievalists
- American women academics
- Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni