Raffel, Burton
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Birth Date
- 1928-04-27
Death Date
- 2015-09-29
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Associated Locale
- Lafayette (La.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: His Poems from the Old English, 1960.
- found: His Robert Lowell, 1981:t.p. (Burton Raffel) CIP data sheet (b. 4/27/28)
- found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(B.A., M.A., LL.B.)
- found: The chronicle of higher education, Oct. 16, 2015:page A29 (Burton Raffel; d. Sept. 29, 2015; professor emeritus of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
- found: The Acadiana Advocate (online), Literary scholar Burton Raffel, 87, dies at his Lafayette home, Oct. 9, 2015, viewed February 4, 2021(native of Brooklyn, New York; published more than 100 books, including translations of "Beowulf" (1963) and "Don Quijote"; published works of poetry and fiction, annotated literature, literary and other translations spanning at least a dozen languages, including Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy (2010), his final work; taught in Indonesia, Israel, Austin, Ontario and Denver; accepted position as distinguished professor of arts and humanities in Lafayette in 1989, taught there until retirement in 2003; Juris Doctor from Yale Law School while teacher at Lafayette)
LC Classification
- PS3568.A37
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Change Notes
- 1980-09-23: new
- 2023-09-06: revised
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