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Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.
Learn about Richard Howard, a distinguished poet, critic and translator who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Explore his poems, essays and translations of modern French literature.
Mar 31, 2022 · Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who made the venerable genre of the dramatic monologue speak in a modern voice, and whose translations brought the work of Roland Barthes, Alain...
Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator who was influential in introducing modern French poetry and experimental novels to readers of English and whose own volume of verse, Untitled Subjects (1969), won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1970.
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In 1970, he became the editor of the Braziller Poets series at George Braziller, Inc., where he advanced the careers of younger poets, including Frank Bidart, Cynthia Macdonald, and Charles Simic. He was president of PEN American Center (1979–80) and poet laureate of New York state (1993–95).
Apr 1, 2022 · The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator Richard Howard has died at age 92. Howard was celebrated for his exuberant monologues of historical figures and was a prolific translator who helped introduce U.S. readers to a wide range of French literature.
Apr 2, 2022 · Richard Howard, Pulitzer-winning poet and translator, dies at 92. A renowned translator of French literature, he introduced many English-language readers to works by Baudelaire and Stendhal, as...
