Lewis Hyde
Lewis Hyde (* 1945 in Boston , USA ) is an American writer who works primarily as a poet , editor , essayist and translator .
Life
Lewis Hyde was born in Boston in 1945. He studied literature and sociology at universities in Minnesota and Iowa . In order to be able to fulfill his career aspiration as a writer, he worked a. a. as a teacher, electrician and carpenter.
His first book was published in 1975. He taught literary writing at Harvard University for six years .
His cultural studies book "The Gift" was published in 2008 under the title Die Gabe by S. Fischer-Verlag.
He was editor of the works of Allen Ginsberg and Henry D. Thoreau and translator of poems by Vicente Aleixandre .
In 1991 he was a MacArthur Fellow .
Lewis Hyde is married.
Work (selection)
- Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the booze talking, 1975, Essays.
- The Gift, 1983, (Die Gabe, German 2008, S. Fischer-Verlag), non-fiction book.
- This error is the sign of love, 1988, poetry.
- Common as air: revolution, art, and ownership, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, ISBN 978-0-374-22313-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Lewis Hyde in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lewis Hyde website
- What is art for? By Daniel B. Smith. Portrait of Lewis Hyde in the New York Times November 16, 2008
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hyde, Lewis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , USA |