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Ruth Feldman

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Ruth Feldman
Born1911
Liverpool, Ohio
DiedJanuary 11, 2003
NationalityAmerican
Genrepoetry

Ruth Feldman (1911 Liverpool, Ohio – January 11, 2003) was an American poet and translator.[1]

Life

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Her father died when she was young and her mother when she was just 17. She lived with her brother, Milton, who was attending Harvard Law School, while attending Wellesley College.[2]

She lived half the year in her condo overlooking the Charles River; the other half she lived in the Hotel de la Ville, Rome at the top of the Spanish Steps.[1]

She is the author of five books of poetry and fifteen books of Italian translations, all poetry except Primo Levi's concentration camp stories.

Her poetry has been translated into Italian, French, and Spanish.[3] Her work appeared in AGNI,[4] and New York Review of Books.[5]

Awards

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  • 1999 Feldman and John P. Welle Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize
  • John Florio Prize in England
  • Circe-Sabaudia in Italy
  • Italo Calvino Prize in the United States
  • Literary Translator's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • Raymond E. Baldwin Award[6]

Work

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Poetry

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  • Primo Levi. "Listen". Pō'ĭ-trē.
  • The Ambition of Ghosts. Green River Press. 1979. ISBN 978-0-940580-11-4.
  • To Whom it May Concern. Bauhan. 1986. ISBN 978-0-87233-086-3.
  • Birthmark. Cross-Cultural Communications. 1993. ISBN 978-0-89304-388-9.

Translations

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Editor

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  • Glauco Cambon (1979). Ruth Feldman; Brian Swann (eds.). Italian Poetry Today: Currents and Trends: an Anthology. New Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-89823-003-1.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituaries: Ruth Feldman, 91". The Boston Globe. 15 January 2003.
  2. ^ Inc Staff, ed. (1987). Annual survey of American poetry. Roth Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89609-272-3.
  3. ^ "The Academy of American Poets - Ruth Feldman". www.poets.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2005.
  4. ^ "AGNI Online: Author Ruth Feldman". Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Ruth Feldman".
  6. ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL".[dead link]