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'''Betty Radice''' (3 January 1912 - 1985) was joint [[editor in chief|editor]] of [[Penguin Classics]] and [[vice-president]] of the [[Classical Association]]. |
'''Betty Radice''' (3 January 1912 - 19 February 1985) was joint [[editor in chief|editor]] of [[Penguin Classics]] and [[vice-president]] of the [[Classical Association]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Revision as of 17:09, 24 October 2010
Betty Radice | |
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| Born | 13 January 1912 |
| Died | 1985 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Editor and translator |
Betty Radice (3 January 1912 - 19 February 1985) was joint editor of Penguin Classics and vice-president of the Classical Association.
Biography
Born Betty Dawson in Hessle, Yorkshire, she was granted a scholarship to St Hilda's college, Oxford, where she read Classics beginning in 1931 and tutored in Classics, Philosophy and English. She married Italo de Lisle Radice in 1935 and became a teacher of Classics from this time. Later assistant to E. V. Rieu, one of the founders of Penguin Classics, in 1975 Radice succeeded him as editor in conjunction with Robert Baldick.
Scholarship
Betty Radice worked as both an editor and a translator. Her works include:
- The Letters of the Younger Pliny[1]
- The Letters of Abelard and Heloise[2]
- The Jewish War[3]
- Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of the History of Rome from Its Foundation[4]
- The Comedies[5]
- Who's Who in the Ancient World[6]
- Phormio & Other Plays.[7]
References
- ^ Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (1963). The Letters of the Younger Pliny. trans. Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044127-1.
- ^ Abelard and Heloise (1974). The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. trans. Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140442979.
- ^ Josephus (1984). The Jewish War. trans. Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140444203.
- ^ Livy (1982). Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of the History of Rome from its Foundation. trans. Betty Radice. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044388-2.
- ^ Terence (1976). The Comedies. trans. Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 014044324X.
- ^ Radice, Betty (1976). Who's Who in the Ancient World. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140510559.
- ^ Terence (1967). Phormio and Other Plays. trans. Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9781199921949.
Further reading
- Radice, William; Reynolds, Barbara, eds. (1987). The Translator's Art: Essays in Honour of Betty Radice. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140092269.
External links
- Betty Radice papers University of Bristol Library Special Collections
- History of Penguin Classics
- National Portrait Gallery portrait of Betty Radice
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