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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.〔(John Hollander at NNdb )〕 At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, CUNY. ==Life== Hollander was born in Manhattan, to Muriel (Kornfeld) and Franklin Hollander,〔http://www.enotes.com/john-hollander-salem/john-hollander-9810003253〕 Jewish immigrant parents. He attended Columbia College of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren and Lionel Trilling, and overlapped with Allen Ginsberg, Jason Epstein, Richard Howard, Robert Gottlieb, Roone Arledge, Max Frankel, Louis Simpson and Steven Marcus. After graduating, he supported himself for a while writing liner notes for classical music albums before returning to obtain a Ph.D. in literature.〔Keillor, Garrison. (''Writer's Almanac'' ). October 28, 2006.〕 Hollander resided in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where he served as a judge for several high school recitation contests, and said he enjoyed working with students on their poetry and teaching it. He stressed the importance of hearing poems out loud: He is known also for his translations from Yiddish. Hollander usually wrote his poems on a computer, but if inspiration stuck him, he offered that, "I've been known to start poems on napkins and scraps of paper, too."〔 Hollander influenced poet Karl Kirchwey, who studied under Hollander at Yale. Hollander taught him that it was possible to build a life around the task of writing poetry. Kirchwey recalled Hollander's passion:〔 He also served in the following positions, among others: member of the board, Wesleyan University Press (1959–62); editorial assistant for poetry, Partisan Review (1959–65) and a contributing editor, of ''Harper's Magazine'' (1969–71).〔http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/hollander-john-tf/〕 With his ex-wife, Anne Loesser (daughter of pianist Arthur Loesser;〔http://forward.com/articles/15078/praising-sacred-places-richard-howard-s-jewish-/〕 married 1953 to 1977), he was the father of writer Martha Hollander. He married Natalie Charkow in 1981. Hollander died at Branford, Connecticut, on August 17, 2013 at the age of 83. 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「John Hollander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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