Compiled by Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist
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Robert Fitzgerald
Consultant in Poetry, 1984-85
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On May 7, 1984, Robert Fitzgerald was appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress by Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin. Fitzgerald, best known as a translator of ancient Greek and Latin, served as Consultant in Poetry in a health-limited capacity. He arranged several programs, but did not come to the Library. Upon Fitzgerald's death on January 16, 1985, Reed Whittemore, who had served as Interim Consultant in Poetry during Fitzgerald's illness, assumed the official position of Consultant in Poetry.
This guide compiles
links to resources on Robert Fitzgerald throughout the Library
of Congress Web site, as well as links to external Web sites
that include features on his life or selections
of his work. To suggest additions to this guide, please contact the Digital Reference Section.
Library of Congress Web Site
•Articles, Notices
•Print Resources
External
Web Sites
•Biographical Information, Poetry
•Interviews, Articles, and Conversations
•Robert Fitzgerald in the News
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Articles, Notices
"Robert Fitzgerald Is Named New Consultant in Poetry" (PDF, 247 KB)
Library of Congress Information Bulletin, May 14, 1984
"Poet Robert Fitzgerald Dies" (PDF, 214 KB)
Library of Congress Information Bulletin, February 4, 1985
"Over the Wine-Dark Sea . . ."
Library of Congress Blog, October 12, 2010
Print Resources
Works by Robert Fitzgerald in the Library of Congress online
catalog can be found under the following author heading:
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985
Works about Robert Fitzgerald can be found in the Library of
Congress online catalog under
the following subject headings:
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985--Appreciation.
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-1985--Knowledge--Language and Languages.
Biographical Information, Poetry
Harvard Square Library
Biography of Fitzgerald and three poems.
Poetry Foundation
Biography of Fitzgerald, more than 10 full-text poems, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
Robert Fitzgerald Papers
A guide to the Robert Fitzgerald Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Includes a brief biography of Fitzgerald and timeline of his life.
University of Pennsylvania, English 88, Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
Full text of the poem "Cobb Would Have Caught It."
Interviews, Articles, and Conversations
Academy of American Poets
Interview with Robert Fitzgerald from The Poet's Other Voice: Conversations on Literary Translation (1985), pp. 97-114.
Robert Fitzgerald in the News
Google
News search on Robert Fitzgerald
Blog entries about Robert Fitzgerald, via Google Blog Search
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