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  1. Nov 11, 2023 · Nov. 11, 2023. David Ferry, a poet and translator whose direct, emotionally resonant work plumbing the chasms between the knowable and the unknowable won him broad praise and honors...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_FerrieDavid Ferrie - Wikipedia

    David William Ferrie (March 28, 1918 – February 22, 1967) was an American pilot who was alleged by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to have been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.

  3. David Ferry. 1924–2023. David Ferry is an acclaimed American poet, professor, and translator. Ferry’s translations, which include some of the world's major works of poetry, are known for their fluency and grace.

  4. David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator. He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations.

  5. Nov 11, 2023 · David Ferry, a renowned poet and translator who transported modern readers to Gilgamesh’s Mesopotamia, to Horace and Virgil’s Rome and to a startling literary landscape that was...

  6. David Ferry - Poet and translator, David Ferry, is the recipient of the National Book Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, among other honors.

  7. Mar 5, 2020 · Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of Bewilderment About Early Influences, Iambic Pentameter, and How It's All Translation. By Peter Mishler. March 5, 2020. In 2013, I corresponded with David Ferry by phone to conduct a wide-ranging interview on his poetry, translations, and literary life.