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Robert DeMott (born November 22, 1943) is an American author, scholar, and editor best known for his influential scholarship on writer John Steinbeck,〔Railsback, Brian, and Michael J. Meyer, eds. (2006). ''A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-313-29669-3〕〔George, Stephen, "Crossing the Oceans: The Future of Steinbeck Studies in America, Japan, and Beyond." In ''John Steinbeck's Global Dimensions'' (2008). Kyoko Ariki, Luchen Li, and Scott Pugh, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-8108-6012-4.〕 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1939), and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. ==Life== Robert DeMott was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1943, the only child of James and Colletta DeMott. Until the age of eight, he lived with his parents on the estate of well known political artist and fine-art illuminator Arthur Szyk, who published ''The New Order'' (1941) and ''Ink & Blood'' (1946) and illustrated numerous Biblical and literary texts, as well as the 1948 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. In 1951, DeMott's family moved to Norwalk, CT, where he attended and then graduated from Norwalk High School in 1961. He was educated at Assumption College, John Carroll University, and Kent State University, where he earned his B.A. (1965), M.A. (1967), and Ph.D. (1969), respectively. His doctoral dissertation, ''The Eccentric Orbit: Dimensions of the Creative Process in Thoreau's Major Writings'', was directed by Howard P. Vincent. DeMott was married twice: to Michelle Hurley in 1965 (divorced 1980), and to Andrea Berger in 1992 (divorced 2005). He has one child, Elizabeth, with his first wife. DeMott lives in Athens, OH, with his partner, writer and editor Kate Fox. DeMott is currently Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, an endowed position he was awarded in 1998. He holds membership with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, American Literature Association, the Jim Harrison Society, and the John Steinbeck Society of America. After 38 years DeMott retired from full time teaching in April, 2007, and continued to teach one academic quarter per year under Ohio University's Phased Retirement program until 2013, when he retired completely. His correspondence with writers John Haines, Jim Harrison, Dave Smith, and Laura Kalpakian is at, respectively, the following libraries: Beinecke Library, Yale University; Special Collections and University Archives, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI; The Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens, OH, and Special Collections, Charles Young Research Library, UCLA. His collection of signed and inscribed first edition books and fine press chapbooks by poets William Heyen and Michael Waters is also housed at Ohio University's Mahn Center. A lifelong fly fisherman, DeMott is an International Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor, a graduate of Western Rivers Professional Guide School, a member of both the American Museum of Fly Fishing and the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Anglers' Club of New York,and a life member of Trout Unlimited. He has written on fly fishing in ''Trout, Yale Angler's Journal, Gray's Sporting Journal'', and ''American Angler,'' and ''Bulletin of Anglers' Club of New York'', where he is a member of the editorial board. 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「Robert DeMott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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