Babette German
Babette Deutsch (born September 22, 1895 in New York ; † November 13, 1982 ibid) was an American writer, translator and literary critic.
Life
Babette Deutsch attended Barnard College at Columbia University , where she received a BA in 1917. Two years later she published her first volume of poetry, Banners . In 1921 she married Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1890-1975), with whom she had two sons. Together with her husband, Deutsch translated works by Alexander Pushkin from Russian, among others . She also translated poems by Rainer Maria Rilke and Boris Pasternak into English. From 1944 to 1971 she taught at Columbia University; there she received an honorary doctorate in 1944 . In 1958 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
German literary work is far-reaching. In her poems she often dealt with social problems, her novels range from the autobiographical Brittle Heaven to Mask of Silenus , which is based on the life of Socrates. She also wrote children's books and literary critical essays.
Works (selection)
Poetry
- Banners (1919)
- Honey out of the Rock (1925)
- Fire for the Night (1930)
- Epistle to Prometheus (1931)
- One Part Love (1939)
- Take Them, Stranger (1944)
- Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (1954)
- Coming of Age (1959)
- Collected Poems (1969)
Novels
- Brittle Heaven . 1926
- In Such a Night . 1927
- Mask of Silenus . 1933
Translations
- Alexander Pushkin: Eugene Onegin . 1936. Revised version 1943.
- Modern Russian Poetry - an Anthology . Chosen and translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. 1921. Digitized
Children's books
- Tales of Faraway Folk (1963)
- I Often Wish (1966)
Essays / literary criticism
- Potable Gold: Some Notes on Poetry and This Age (1929)
- This Modern Poetry (1935)
- Walt Whitman: Builder For America (1941)
- Poetry Handbook (1957)
Web links
- Literature by and about Babette Deutsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entries in WorldCat
- Natalie Friedmann: Babette Deutsch in the Jewish Woman's Archive
- Entry at poetryfoundation.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Natalie Friedmann: Babette Deutsch in the Jewish woman's archive
- ↑ Members: Babette Deutsch. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed February 26, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | German, Babette |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer, translator and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1982 |
| Place of death | new York |