Edwin Honig
Encyclopedia
Edwin Honig was an American poet
, playwright
, and translator
.
He has taught at Harvard University
and Brown University
, where he started the Graduate Writing Program, and is Emeritus Professor. He is on the Advisory Board of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation.
His work appeared in AGNI, Nedge.
Following an illness, cited by a family friend as complications from Alzheimer's disease
, Honig died on May 25, 2011.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
.
Life
He has published ten books of poetry, eight books of translation, five books of criticism and fiction, three books of plays.He has taught at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, where he started the Graduate Writing Program, and is Emeritus Professor. He is on the Advisory Board of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation.
His work appeared in AGNI, Nedge.
Following an illness, cited by a family friend as complications from Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
, Honig died on May 25, 2011.
Award
- 1948 Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- writer-in-residence Mishkenot Sha'ananim
- The National Endowment for the Arts,
- the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
- 1986 he was knighted by the President of Portugal for his work in literary translation;
- 1996 by the King of Spain.
- 1968-1969 Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling ScholarshipAmy Lowell Poetry Travelling ScholarshipThe Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship is given annually to a U.S.-born poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance his or her work....
- Governor's Medal (Rhode Island)
- Golden Rose of the New England Poetry Club
Plays
- The Widow (verse play), first produced in San Francisco, CA, 1953.
- Calisto and Melibea (libretto; first produced in Davis, CA, 1979), Hellcoal Press (Providence, RI), 1972.