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David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator. [1] He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations.
David William Ferrie (March 28, 1918 – February 22, 1967) was an American pilot who was alleged by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to have been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. [1] Garrison also alleged that Ferrie knew Lee Harvey Oswald.
David Ferry is an acclaimed American poet, professor, and translator. Ferry’s translations, which include some of the world's major works of poetry, are known for their fluency and grace.
Nov 11, 2023 · Nov. 11, 2023. David Ferry, a poet and translator whose direct, emotionally resonant work plumbing the chasms between the knowable and the unknowable won him broad praise and honors...
Nov 11, 2023 · David Ferry, a renowned poet and translator who transported modern readers to Gilgamesh’s Mesopotamia, to Horace and Virgil’s Rome and to a startling literary landscape that was entirely...
Nov 9, 2023 · A poet whose translations of Horace and Virgil are revered, David Ferry won the National Book Award in 2012 for “Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations,” which includes “Lake...
May 18, 2011 · David Ferry is an acclaimed American poet, professor, and translator. Ferry’s translations, which include some of the world's major works of poetry, are known for their fluency and grace.
