Boris de Rachewiltz
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Prince Boris de Rachewiltz (Boris Baratti) (1926–1997) was an Italian-Russian Egyptologist and writer on Africa and the ancient world. He studied Egyptology at the Pontifical Biblical Institute
(1951–1955).
He is connected by marriage to Ezra Pound
, having married in 1946 Pound's daughter Mary with Olga Rudge
. Pound retreated to a property at Brunnenburg in the Italian Tyrol, in the de Rachewiltz family from 1927, and owned by Boris and Mary, after his 1958 release from hospital. He wrote some later parts of The Cantos
there.
Mary has translated English poetry into Italian: her father's, but also Robinson Jeffers
and E. E. Cummings
, Ronald Duncan
and Denise Levertov
.
Their children, Sigifredo (Siegfried) Walter and Patrizia, are also both writers, Siegfried writing on the Tyrol.
Pontifical Biblical Institute
The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level...
(1951–1955).
He is connected by marriage to Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
, having married in 1946 Pound's daughter Mary with Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge was an American-born concert violinist, now mainly remembered as the long-time mistress of the poet Ezra Pound, by whom she had a daughter, Mary....
. Pound retreated to a property at Brunnenburg in the Italian Tyrol, in the de Rachewiltz family from 1927, and owned by Boris and Mary, after his 1958 release from hospital. He wrote some later parts of The Cantos
The Cantos
The Cantos by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto. Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards. It is a book-length work, widely considered...
there.
Mary has translated English poetry into Italian: her father's, but also Robinson Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Most of Jeffers' poetry was written in classic narrative and epic form, but today he is also known for his short verse, and considered an icon of the environmental movement.-Life:Jeffers was born in...
and E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
, Ronald Duncan
Ronald Duncan
Ronald Duncan was a writer, poet and playwright, now best known for preparing the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia, first performed in 1946....
and Denise Levertov
Denise Levertov
-Early life and influences:Levertov was born and grew up in Ilford, Essex.Couzyn, Jeni Contemporary Women Poets. Bloodaxe, p74 Her mother, Beatrice Spooner-Jones Levertoff, came from a small mining village in North Wales...
.
Their children, Sigifredo (Siegfried) Walter and Patrizia, are also both writers, Siegfried writing on the Tyrol.
Works
- Massime degli antichi egiziani (1954) as Maxims of the Ancient Egyptians (1987) translated by Guy DavenportGuy DavenportGuy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.-Life:...
- Liriche amorose degli antichi egiziani (1955)
- Il libro dei morti degli antichi egiziani (1958)
- Incantesimi e scongiuri degli antichi egiziani.(1958)
- The rock tomb of Irw-K3-Pth. (1960)
- Incontro con l'arte Africana (1959) as Introduction to African Art (1966) translated by Peter WhighamPeter WhighamPeter George Whigham was an English poet and translator, widely known for his translation of the poems of Catullus published by Penguin Books in 1966.Whigham was born in Oxford in 1925, and was largely self-educated...
- An Introduction to Egyptian Art (1960) translated by R. H. Boothroyd
- Vita nell'antico Egitto (1962)
- Black Eros: Sexual Customs of Africa from Prehistory to the Present Day (1964)
- La Valle dei Re e delle Regine (1965)
- Processo in verso (1973)
- Sesso magico nell'Africa near (1983)
- Gli antichi Egizi. Immagini, scene e documenti di vita quotidiana (1987)
- L'occhio del faraone. (1990) Rachewiltz, Boris de, Valenti Gomez i Oliver
- 7 Greeks (1995) with Guy DavenportGuy DavenportGuy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.-Life:...
- Roma Egizia. Culti, templi e devinità egizie nella Roma Imperiale (1999) with Anna Maria Partini
- I miti egizi (2000)
Works by Mary de Rachewiltz
- 30 Poesie: Versione Di Mary De Rachewiltz (1961) translations of E. E. CummingsE. E. CummingsEdward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
- Maschere Tirolese (1964) editor
- Il Diapason (1965)
- Discretions (1971) memoirs
- A Catalogue of the Poetry Notebooks of Ezra Pound (1980) with Diane Ross and Donald Gallup
- Whose World? Selected Poems (1998)
- Veneziane Cantos (2001) Italian translations from The Cantos
- For the Wrong Reason (2002)
- Moscardino (2004) with Enrico Pea
See also
- Tulli PapyrusTulli PapyrusThe Tulli Papyrus is an oft-cited document of questionable origins that some have interpreted as evidence of ancient UFOs.During a visit to Cairo in 1933, Alberto Tulli, a director of the Egyptian section of the Vatican museum, supposedly found an interesting papyrus in an antique shop...