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Edwin Honig (September 3, 1919 – May 25, 2011) was an American poet, playwright, and translator. ==Life== Honig was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1941 and, after Army service in Europe during World War II, a master’s in English from Wisconsin.〔 He published ten books of poetry, eight books of translation, five books of criticism and fiction, three books of plays. He taught at Harvard University and Brown University, where he started the Graduate Writing Program, and was Emeritus Professor. He was on the Advisory Board of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation.〔(Isherwoodfoundation.org )〕 His work appeared in ''AGNI'' and ''Nedge'' magazines.〔(Bu.edu )〕〔(Bu.edu )〕 Professor Honig’s first wife, Charlotte, died in the early 1960s. His second marriage, to Margot Dennes, ended in divorce in the early 1980s. Following an illness, cited by a family friend as complications from Alzheimer's disease, Honig died on May 25, 2011. Professor Honig's survivors include his sister, Lila Putnam, and his two adopted sons from his marriage to Ms. Dennes, Daniel (born 1965) and Jeremy (born 1967). In 2012, filmmaker Alan Berliner completed a documentary feature film about Honig and Honig's loss of memory due to Alzheimer's titled, ''First Cousin Once Removed''. Berliner's mother was Honig's first cousin. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 9.〔(Filmlinc.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Honig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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