Marie Borroff
American poet (1923–2019)
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Marie Edith Borroff (September 10, 1923 – July 5, 2019) was an American poet, translator, and the Sterling Professor of English emerita at Yale University.[2]
- Poet
- translator
- professor
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| Born | September 10, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 2019 (aged 95) Branford, Connecticut, U.S.[1] |
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| Title | Sterling Professor of English |
| Relatives | Edith Borroff (sister) |
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| Institutions | Yale University |
Life
Borroff was born in New York City in 1923, the daughter of professional musicians Marie Bergerson and (Albert) Ramon Borroff,[3] and sister of composer Edith Borroff. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA and MA in 1946,[4] and from Yale University with a Ph.D. in 1956. In 1959, she became the first woman to teach in the English Department at Yale. In 1965, she was the first woman appointed to be an English professor. She retired in 1994.[5]
An Endowed Chair at Yale has been named for her (Marie Borroff Professor of English), presently held by Ardis Butterfield.[6]
Works
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Stylistic and Metrical Study. Yale University Press. 1963.
- Marie Borroff, ed. (1963). Wallace Stevens; a collection of critical essays. Prentice-Hall.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a new verse translation. Translated by Marie Borroff. Norton. 1967.
- Pearl: a new verse translation. Translated by Marie Borroff. W. W. Norton. 1977. ISBN 978-0-393-09144-1.
- Language and the Poet. University of Chicago Press. 1979. ISBN 978-0-226-06651-6.
- Marie Borroff; Mary Teresa Tavormina; Robert F. Yeager, eds. (1995). The Endless Knot: Essays on Old and Middle English in Honor of Marie Borroff. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85991-480-2.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Patience ; and Pearl: verse translations. Translated by Marie Borroff. W.W. Norton. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-97658-8.
- Stars and Other Signs. Yale University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-300-09570-8.
- Traditions and Renewals: Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Beyond. Yale University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09612-5.
- Albert Gelpi, ed. (1993). "From "Recent Poetry"". Denise Levertov: selected criticism. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06416-8.