Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1999) Winner
Jonathan Galassi
ジョナサン・ガラッシ
Jonasan Garasshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-01-01 （Seattle, Washington）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Residence History
- Seattle, Washington → Plympton, Massachusetts → Brooklyn, New York
Career
- Occupations
- Editor, Publisher, Poet, Translator
- Active Years
- 1973-
- Affiliations
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Memberships
- Honorary Chairman of the Academy of American Poets, Trustee at Phillips Exeter Academy
- Influenced By
- Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Exeter Academy | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Harvard College | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | English | Bachelor's | 1967-1971 | United States |
| Christ's College, Cambridge | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
Phillips Exeter Academy
Literature
Country:
United States
High school
Harvard College
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
/ English
Degree:
Bachelor's
Period:
1967-1971
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
United States
President of Harvard Advocate, editor of Harvard Lampoon
Christ's College, Cambridge
English
Country:
United Kingdom
Marshall Scholar
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | 詩 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
1989
Category:
詩
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Morning Run: Poems
1988 Poetry collectionCollection of poems
Daily lifeNature
North Street: Poems
2000 Poetry collectionCollection of poems
LifeMemory
Left-handed: Poems
2012 Poetry collectionCollection of poems
Poetic exploration
Muse
2015 NovelNovel set in the publishing world
PublishingLove
School Days: a Novel
2022 NovelA novel
Bibliography
- Morning Run: Poems (1988)
- North Street: Poems (2000)
- Left-handed: Poems (2012)
- Muse (2015)
- School Days: a Novel (2022)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Eugenio Montale's poetry
- Giacomo Leopardi Canti (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Refined poetic expressionClear and evocative language
- Recurring Motifs
- Moments of everyday lifeCross-cultural themes via translation
Legacy
Longtime president and editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, instrumental in publishing many authors. Also a poet and acclaimed translator of Italian poetry, particularly Eugenio Montale and Giacomo Leopardi.
Archives
- Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Quotes
-
Orient epithalamion
Source: The New Yorker (2017)
Trivia
- He is gay
- His brother is Peter Galassi
- Poetry editor for The Paris Review for ten years