Paul Schmidt (translator)

Paul Francis Schmidt (January 29, 1934 – February 19, 1999)[1] was an American translator, poet, playwright, and essayist.[2]

Paul Schmidt
Born(1934-01-29)January 29, 1934
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 65)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationProfessor, translator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColgate University
Genrepoetry, plays
Notable awardsHelen Hayes Award, Joseph Kesselring Prize
Spouse
(m. 1970; div. 1976)

Biography

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He graduated from Nashua High School in 1951, Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University.[3]

He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon.

He served in the U.S. Army Intelligence, from 1958 to 1960.

Schmidt was professor at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1967 to 1976. He also taught at the Yale School of Drama.

He translated Euripides, Chekhov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, Mayakovsky, and Rimbaud.

He wrote three plays, one of which, Black Sea Follies won the Helen Hayes Award, and the Joseph Kesselring Prize for best play.

Schmidt's work was profiled in The New York Review of Books.[4]

He was married to Stockard Channing.[5]

He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliography

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  • Night Life, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-0-9
  • Winter Solstice, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-2-3

Translations

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Critical studies and reviews of Schmidt's work

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The Plays of Anton Chekhov

References

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  1. ^ "Paul Schmidt in Social Security Death Index".
  2. ^ Stephen Holden (February 21, 1999). "Paul Schmidt, 65, Translator, Poet and Actor". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Colgate AB", Nashua Telegraph, Nashua, New Hampshire, volume 87, issue 89, June 14, 1955, page 4. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Paul Schmidt". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Playwright-Translator Paul Schmidt, 65, Dead in New York City". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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