Benjamin Ivry

Benjamin Ivry is an American writer on the arts, broadcaster and translator.

Ivry is author of biographies of Francis Poulenc, Arthur Rimbaud, and Maurice Ravel, as well as a poetry collection, Paradise for the Portuguese Queen. The latter contains poems that first appeared in, among other places, The New Yorker, The London Review of Books, The Spectator, Ambit Magazine, and The New Republic.

He has also translated books from the French by authors like André Gide, Jules Verne, Witold Gombrowicz, and Balthus. Ivry has written about the arts for a variety of periodicals including The New York Observer, New York Sun, New England Review and Classic Record Collector, and has blogged for the Horizon section of Commentary online.

Selected bibliography

Biographies

• Francis Poulenc, 1996, Phaidon, ISBN 071483503X
• Arthur Rimbaud, 1998, Absolute Press, ISBN 189979171X
• Maurice Ravel: a Life, 2000, Welcome Rain, ISBN 1566491525

Poetry

• Paradise for the Portuguese Queen: Poems by Benjamin Ivry, 1998, Orchises Press, ISBN 0914061690

Nonfiction

• Regatta: a Celebration of The Art of Oarsmanship, 1988, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671699369

Translations

• Without End: New and Selected Poems by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Benjamin Ivry with Renata Gorczynski and Clare Cavanagh, 2002, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374220964
• Magellania by Jules Verne, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2002, Welcome Rain Publishers, ISBN 1566491792
• Judge Not by André Gide, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2003, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252028449
• Vanished Splendors, a Memoir by Balthus, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2003, Ecco Press, ISBN 006621260X
• Mon Docteur, Le Vin (My Doctor, Wine) by Gaston Derys with Watercolors by Raoul Dufy, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2003, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300101333
• A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes, by Witold Gombrowicz, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2007, Yale University Press, ISBN 030012368X
• At Home with Andre and Simone Weil, by Sylvie Weil, translated by Benjamin Ivry, 2010, Northwestern University Press, ISBN 0810127043

External links

• poems and translations published in The New Yorker
• poems in The Evergreen Review
• articles in the New York Sun
• articles in the New York Observer
• articles in The Wall Street Journal
• articles in The Forward Newspaper
• contributions to the Horizon section of Commentary Magazine
• Alan Riding, 'The Secret Pan', Review of Maurice Ravel: A Life, New York Times, December 3, 2000.
• Fernando Arrabal, 'Caldo de cultura o sopa de letras',El Mundo, July 8, 2001.
• Jori Finkel, 'Like a Prayer: The Naked Ambition of Balthus', Review of Vanished Splendors, a Memoir by Balthus, Village Voice, January 15 - 21, 2003.
• Louis Begley, 'The Late, Great Bard of Warsaw', Review of A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes, Washington Post, December 19, 2004.
• Benjamin Paloff, 'Infinite Jest', Review of A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes, The Nation, January 24, 2005.