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Robert Fagles was born on 11 September, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American professor, poet and academic (1933–2008). Discover Robert Fagles'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 75 years old?

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Occupation Professor at Princeton University; Poet
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 11 September 1933
Birthday 11 September
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death 2008
Died Place Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1933

Robert Fagles (September 11, 1933 – March 26, 2008) was an American professor, poet, and academic.

He was best known for his many translations of ancient Greek and Roman classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer.

He taught English and comparative literature for many years at Princeton University.

Fagles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles Fagles, a lawyer, and Vera Voynow Fagles, an architect.

1955

He attended Amherst College, graduating in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

The following year, he received his master's degree from Yale University.

1956

On June 17, 1956, he married Marilyn (Lynne) Duchovnay, a teacher, and they adopted two children.

1959

In 1959, Fagles received his Ph.D in English from Yale and for the next year taught English there.

1960

From 1960 to 1962, Fagles was an English instructor at Princeton University.

1961

Between 1961 and 1996, Fagles translated many ancient Greek works.

His first translation was of the poetry of Bacchylides, publishing a complete set in 1961.

1962

In 1962 he was promoted to assistant professor, and in 1965 became an associate professor of English and comparative literature.

Later that year he became director of the comparative literature program.

He was the co-editor of Homer: A Collection of Critical Essays (1962) and Pope's Iliad and Odyssey (1967).

1970

In 1970, he became a full professor, and from 1975 was the department chair.

In the 1970s, Fagles began translating much Greek drama, beginning with Aeschylus's The Oresteia.

1978

In 1978, Fagles published I, Vincent: Poems from the Pictures of Van Gogh.

1982

He went on to publish translations of Sophocles's three Theban plays (1982), Homer's Iliad (1990) and Odyssey (1996), and Virgil's Aeneid (2006).

In these last four, Bernard Knox authored the introduction and notes.

Fagles's translations generally emphasize contemporary English phrasing and idiom but are faithful to the original as much as possible.

1991

Fagles was nominated for the National Book Award in Translation and won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets in 1991 for his translation of the Iliad.

1996

In 1996, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his translation of the Odyssey.

1997

In 1997 he received the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for lifetime achievement in translation.

2002

He retired from teaching as the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature in 2002, and remained a professor emeritus at Princeton.

2006

Fagles later undertook a new English translation of the Aeneid, which was published in November 2006.

In addition to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fagles was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

He received a National Humanities Medal by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

2008

Fagles died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 26, 2008, from prostate cancer.

2011

On June 8, 2011, a resource center devoted to the study of the Classics was dedicated to Dr. Fagles at Princeton High School.

At the dedication, students and teachers paid tribute to Dr. Fagles.