1928 - 2015
Burton Raffel American Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Burton
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| Last Name |
Raffel
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1927
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| Birthplace |
New York City, New York
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| Died |
30th September, 2015
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| Place of Death |
Lafayette, Louisiana
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Writer, translator
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Burton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor. He is best known for his vigorous translation of Beowulf, still widely used in universities, colleges and high schools. Other important translations include Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, Poems and Prose from the Old English, The Voice of the Night: Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, The Essential Horace, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel and Dante's The Divine Comedy.
