George Economou
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George Economou is an American poet
and translator.
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He has published many books of poetry, translations, and scholarly criticism, and his work has appeared in many literary magazines and scholarly journals. He has lectured and given poetry readings at many universities and literary venues throughout the United States and abroad.
He married poet and playwright Rochelle Owens
, June 17, 1962. They live in Philadelphia and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
His primary archive and papers are held at Columbia University
. Smaller collections are held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Princeton University.
"Philodemos, His Twenty-nine Extant Poems Translated into Contemporary American" (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: 1983).
William Langland, "Piers Plowman, The C Version," a verse translation (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996). ISBN 0-8122-1561-3.
Euripides' "Rhesus," in "Euripides,3," Penn Greek Drama Series, ed. David R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998), pp. 312–61. ISBN 0-8122-1650-4.
"I've Gazed So Much," poems by C. P. Cavafy (London: Stop Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9529961-9-7.
"Acts of Love, Ancient Greek Poetry from Aphrodite's Garden" (New York: The Modern Library, Random House: 2006). ISBN 0-679-64328-1.
"Half an Hour & Other Poems," C. P. Cavafy (London: Stop Press, 2008). ISBN 0-9547603-1-X.
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...
and translator.
Life
George Economou was born on September 24, 1934, in Great Falls, Montana, to Amelia Ananiadis Economou and Demetrios George Economou, a businessman and rancher, both of whom emigrated to the United States from Greece. After primary and secondary school education in Great Falls, he attended Colgate University, where he majored in English and graduated cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1956. He earned an M.A. in English Literature at Columbia University in 1957 and a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature in 1967, specializing in Old and Middle English and continental literature. He taught for 41 years at the Brooklyn Center of Long Island University (1961–83) and at the University of Oklahoma (1983–2000), where he served as Chair of the Department of English (1983–1990) and Director of Creative Writing (1990–2000). He was a founding editor of "The Chelsea Review" (1957–60) and co-founding editor of "Trobar" and Trobar Books (1960–64) with Robert Kelly (poet)Robert Kelly (poet)
Robert Kelly is an American poet associated with the deep image group.-Early life and education:Kelly was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Samuel Jason and Margaret Rose Kelly née Kane, in 1935. He did his undergraduate studies at the City College of the City University of New York, graduating in 1955...
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He has published many books of poetry, translations, and scholarly criticism, and his work has appeared in many literary magazines and scholarly journals. He has lectured and given poetry readings at many universities and literary venues throughout the United States and abroad.
He married poet and playwright Rochelle Owens
Rochelle Owens
Rochelle Bass Owens is an American poet and playwright.-Life:She is the daughter of Maxwell and Molly Bass. A native New Yorker, Owens studied at the New School for Social Research and University of Montreal...
, June 17, 1962. They live in Philadelphia and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
His primary archive and papers are held at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. Smaller collections are held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Princeton University.
Awards
- American Council of Learned Societies, 1975.
- 1988 and 1999 Grant Awards: National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Creative Writing Fellowships in poetry. - Rockefeller Bellagio Residency, May–June, 1993.
Works
POETRY- The Georgics. Black Sparrow. 1968.
- Landed Natures. Black Sparrow. 1969.
- Poems for Self-Therapy. Perishable Press. 1972.
- Voluntaries. Corycian Press Iowa City. 1984.
Translations
Euripides' "Cyclops," in "The Tenth Muse: Classical Drama in Translation," ed. Charles Doria (Chicago/ Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press/ Ohio University Press, 1980), pp. 175–212."Philodemos, His Twenty-nine Extant Poems Translated into Contemporary American" (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: 1983).
William Langland, "Piers Plowman, The C Version," a verse translation (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996). ISBN 0-8122-1561-3.
Euripides' "Rhesus," in "Euripides,3," Penn Greek Drama Series, ed. David R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998), pp. 312–61. ISBN 0-8122-1650-4.
"I've Gazed So Much," poems by C. P. Cavafy (London: Stop Press, 2001). ISBN 0-9529961-9-7.
"Acts of Love, Ancient Greek Poetry from Aphrodite's Garden" (New York: The Modern Library, Random House: 2006). ISBN 0-679-64328-1.
"Half an Hour & Other Poems," C. P. Cavafy (London: Stop Press, 2008). ISBN 0-9547603-1-X.