Robert Fitzgerald

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Harvard_University_Press
gptkbp:award gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Harvard_University_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date 1910-09-25
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Randall_Jarrell
gptkb:Robert_Lowell
gptkb:John_Crowe_Ransom
gptkbp:contribution American literature
gptkbp:death_date 1985-07-12
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:field gptkb:literature
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Robert_S._Fitzgerald
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:historical_interpretation gptkb:The_Aeneid
gptkb:The_Iliad
gptkb:The_Odyssey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Fitzgerald
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:poetry
American poetry
translation studies
classical studies
literary translation
many poets
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Virgil
gptkb:Homer
gptkbp:known_for translations of classical literature
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy influence on modern translations
gptkbp:member gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_achievement translation of The Aeneid
translation of The Iliad
translation of The Odyssey
gptkbp:notable_quote " Poetry is the language of the heart."
" The best translation is the one that is most faithful to the original."
" A good translation is a work of art."
" Literature is the mirror of society."
" The translator is a poet in his own right."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Iliad
gptkb:The_Odyssey
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:spouse Eleanor Fitzgerald
gptkbp:style lyrical
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3