Christopher Middleton (10 June 1926 – 29 November 2015)[1] was a British poet and translator, especially of German literature.

Life

He was born John Christopher Middleton in Truro, Cornwall, in 1926. Following four years' service in the Royal Air Force,[2] he studied at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1948.[3] He then held academic positions at the University of Zürich and King's College London.[3] In 1966 he took up a position as Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature at the University of Texas, Austin, retiring in 1998.[4] Middleton has published translations of Robert Walser, Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Goethe, Gert Hofmann and many others. He has received various awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translation.[5]

Middleton married Mary Freer in 1953; they had two daughters and a son.[3] They divorced in 1969.[1] Middleton died on 29 November 2015.[1][6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Christopher Middleton, poet - obituary". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Christopher Middleton". The Poetry Archive. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 392.
  4. ^ "Christopher Middleton". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ^ "The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation: Past Winners". The Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  6. ^ Christopher Middleton: Poet celebrated for his urgent and vivid verse and his translations, especially from German


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