John Felstiner

John Felstiner

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Felstiner at Stanford University in 2009
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John Felstiner (born July 5, 1936), Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University,[1] is an American literary critic, translator, and poet. His interests include poetry in various languages, environmental and ecologic poems, literary translation, Vietnam era poetry and Holocaust studies.[2]

Biography

Felstiner was born in Mount Vernon, New York [3] and grew up in New York and New England. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy,[4] Harvard College, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1958, and Harvard University, Ph.D., 1965.[2]

From 1958 to 1961, he served on the USS Forrestal, in the Mediterranean.[5] Felstiner came to Stanford University in 1965 and was a professor of English at Stanford until his retirement in 2009.[5] While at Stanford, he was three times a fellow at Stanford Humanities Center; a Fulbright professor at University of Chile (1967–68); visiting professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1974–75); and visiting professor of Comparative Literature and English at Yale University (1990, 2002).[2]

His collection of Paul Celan’s manuscripts, letters, and widespread context, along with Felstiner’s own translation archive, are housed at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.[6]

John and his wife, the writer, historian and professor Mary Lowenthal Felstiner, have two children: Sarah Felstiner, a Seattle pre-school leader, and Alek Felstiner, an attorney in the U. S. Department of Labor, and also two grandchildren.

Selected Works

Selected Honors and Awards

References

  1. "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter F". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Human Experience: inside the humanities at Stanford University". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  3. "Encyclopedia.com Contemporary Authors". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  4. "The Exeter Bulletin Fall 2009". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Guide to the John Felstiner Papers". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. "Lilly Library Manuscript Collections, Felstiner, John, MSS". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  7. "Kenyon Review". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "National Endowment for the Arts Features Writers' Corner John Felstiner". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  9. "Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  10. "Academy Elects 225th Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

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