Marie Borroff
Born(1923-09-10)September 10, 1923
New York City, U.S.
DiedJuly 5, 2019(2019-07-05) (aged 95)
Branford, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Poet
  • translator
  • professor
TitleSterling Professor of English
RelativesEdith Borroff (sister)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University

Marie Edith Borroff (September 10, 1923 – July 5, 2019) was an American poet, translator, and the Sterling Professor of English emerita at Yale University.[2]

Life

Borroff was born in New York City in 1923, the daughter of professional musicians Marie Bergerson and (Albert) Ramon Borroff,[3] and sister of composer Edith Borroff. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA and MA in 1946,[4] and from Yale University with a Ph.D. in 1956. In 1959, she became the first woman to teach in the English Department at Yale. In 1965, she was the first woman appointed to be an English professor. She retired in 1994.[5]

An Endowed Chair at Yale has been named for her.[6]

Works

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Stylistic and Metrical Study. Yale University Press. 1963.
  • Marie Borroff, ed. (1963). Wallace Stevens; a collection of critical essays. Prentice-Hall.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a new verse translation. Translator Marie Borroff. Norton. 1967.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Pearl: a new verse translation. Translator Marie Borroff. W. W. Norton. 1977. ISBN 978-0-393-09144-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Language and the Poet. University of Chicago Press. 1979. ISBN 978-0-226-06651-6.
  • Marie Borroff; Mary Teresa Tavormina; Robert F. Yeager, eds. (1995). The Endless Knot: Essays on Old and Middle English in Honor of Marie Borroff. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85991-480-2.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Patience ; and Pearl: verse translations. Translator Marie Borroff. W.W. Norton. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-97658-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Stars and Other Signs. Yale University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-300-09570-8.
  • Traditions and Renewals: Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, and Beyond. Yale University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-300-09612-5.
  • Albert Gelpi, ed. (1993). "From "Recent Poetry"". Denise Levertov: selected criticism. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06416-8.

References

  1. ↑ "In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, distinguished scholar of English literature". YaleNews. July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Marie Borroff | English". Yale University English. Yale University. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Regier, Janet (2001). "Borroff, Edith | Grove Music". www.oxfordmusiconline.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03627. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Class News", The University of Chicago Magazine
  5. ↑ Yale Alumni Publications, Inc. "Yale Alumni Magazine: emeritus professors (May 2003)". Archived from the original on 2003-05-27. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  6. ↑ "Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications". opa.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
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