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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.
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...
A distinguished poet, critic and translator, Richard Howard held a unique place in contemporary American letters. Howard was credited with introducing modern French fiction—particularly examples of the Nouveau Roman—to the American public; his translation of Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal…
Apr 19, 2024 · 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. Learn more about Howard’s life and career.
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...
Poet and prolific translator Richard Howard is a former poet laureate of New York state and Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
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.
