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Ben Belitt was born on 2 May, 1911 in New York City, New York, is an American poet and translator. Discover Ben Belitt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Occupation Poet, translator
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 2 May 1911
Birthday 2 May
Birthplace New York City, New York
Date of death 17 August, 2003
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Nationality United States

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1911

Ben Belitt (May 2, 1911 – August 17, 2003) was an American poet and translator.

Besides writing poetry, he also translated several books of poetry by Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca from Spanish to English.

Belitt was born in New York City.

1932

He was educated at the University of Virginia, receiving a B.A. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1934, and he was a doctoral student at that university from 1934 to 1936.

1940

By the early 1940s, he had taken up an appointment at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, where he remained, living in a former firehouse in North Bennington, for the rest of his life.

A bachelor, he became a good friend of the dancer (and fellow teacher at Bennington) Bill Bales, of his wife Jo Van Fleet, and of their son Michael Bales, and regularly spent holidays with this family at Bennington or in New York City.

1962

The 1962 ballet A Look at Lightning, by the American choreographer Martha Graham was titled after a poem by Belitt.

Errand into the Maze, also by Graham, takes its title from a Belitt poem as well.

1998

Belitt was the author of eight books of poems; his complete poems This Scribe, My Hand,was published in 1998 by Louisiana State University Press.

He wrote two books of essays and over thirteen books of translations.

He taught for many decades at Bennington College.

After retiring from Bennington College, he continued to live in North Bennington, Vermont and held the position of Professor Emeritus of Language and Literature at the college.

2003

He died in Bennington on August 17, 2003, at the age of 92 and was buried in Manchester, Vermont.

His papers are held by the University of Virginia.