Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
Autor von The Geography of the Imagination
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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 mehr anzeigen 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. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Photograph of Guy Davenport by photographer Guy Mendez from the dust jacket for The Geography of the Imagination : Forty Essays / Guy Davenport (San Francisco : Northpoint Press, 1981.
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- 1927-11-23
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- 2005-01-04
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- Anderson, South Carolina, USA
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- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Anderson, South Carolina, USA (birth)
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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- Duke University (BA|Classics|English Literature|1948)
Harvard University (PhD|1961)
Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar, Merton, BA|Literature|1950) - Berufe
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