William Levitan

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William Levitan is professor of Classics at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. [1] He received his B.A. from Yale University, [2] and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. [1] He was one of the founding members of the Classics department at Grand Valley and the first department chair. [3] He is best known for his translation of the correspondence between Abelard and Héloïse which was published in 2007 to scholarly acclaim. [4] He received the Rome Prize in 1988 from the American Academy in Rome. [5]

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  2. "Classics Department". Grand Valley State University. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
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