Serge Gavronsky | |
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Born | 1932 (age 91–92) |
Occupation | Poet |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia College |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Barnard College |
Serge Gavronsky (born 1932) is an American poet and translator.
Gavronsky was born in Paris. He fled Nazi-occupied France in 1940. Gavronsky received his A.B. in European History and French in 1954 from Columbia College and an M.A. in European History in 1955 and a Ph.D in European Intellectual History in 1965 from Columbia University, [1] and is now professor emeritus in the French department at Barnard College. [2] He lives in New York City. [3]
Gavronsky is currently[ when? ] working on his sixth novel and in the process of co-translating,with François Dominique,writer,the majestic poem "A" by Louis Zukofsky.
Books of Poetry:
Gavronsky has appeared in over thirty French and American poetry magazines including:
A selection of books in translation:
A selection of anthologized poems in translation:
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