7 Greeks

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Translator:

Davenport, Guy

ISBN:

978-0-8112-1288-5

Publication Date:

Jun 1995

Publisher:

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $17.95

Book Description:

"Overall, this volume will afford great pleasure to scholars, teachers, and also those who simply love to watch delightful souls disport themselves in language."--Anne Carson

Book Details

Pages:	242
Detailed Subjects:	Poetry / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.2 x 8.1 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:	0.638 Pounds

Author Biography

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Author, artist, literary critic and translator Guy Davenport was born on November 23, 1927 in Anderson, South Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1948 and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned a Bachelor of Literature from Merton College, Oxford University in 1950 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1961. He taught English at several universities from 1951 until his retirement in 1990. He received numerous awards including the O. Henry Award for short stories, the 1981 Morton Douwen Zabel award for fiction from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and translation awards from PEN and the Academy of American Poets. He died on January 4, 2005 in Lexington, Kentucky.

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