TWA Poet: Robert Fitzgerald

1910 - 1985

It's the birthday of the poet and translator Robert Fitzgerald , born in Geneva, New York (1910), best known for his beautiful English translations of Homer's Odyssey (1961) and The Iliad (1974). He was also an influential classics professor at Harvard, and he believed that Homer's work should be always read aloud. One of his students said, "Every Tuesd…