Ruth Feldman (1911 Liverpool, Ohio – January 11, 2003) was an American

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and translator.

Life

Her father died when she was young and her mother when she was just 17. She lived with her brother, Milton, who was attending Harvard Law School, while attending Wellesley College. She lived half the year in her condo overlooking the Charles River; the other half she lived in the Hotel de la Ville,

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at the top of the

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. She is the author of five books of poetry and fifteen books of Italian translations, all poetry except Primo Levi's concentration camp stories. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, French, and Spanish. Her work appeared in ''

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'', and ''New York Review of Books''.

Awards

* 1999 Feldman and John P. Welle Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize *

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in England * Circe-Sabaudia in Italy * Italo Calvino Prize in the United States * Literary Translator's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. * Raymond E. Baldwin Award

Work

Poetry

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Translations

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Editor

References

1911 births 2003 deaths People from East Liverpool, Ohio Italian–English translators Wellesley College alumni American women poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American translators 21st-century American women {{US-writer-stub