Fowlie, Wallace, 1908-1998

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Dates:
Birth 1908-11-08
Death 1998-08-16
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Teacher, writer, critic, and translator at Duke University in Durham, N.C.

From the description of Wallace Fowlie papers, 1939-1996 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38237517

1908, Nov. 8 Wallace Fowlie born in Brookline, Massachussetts 1936 Received Doctorate from Harvard University 1943 Publication of Clowns and Angels: Studies in French Literature 1946 Rimbaud, the Myth of Childhood published 1951 Pantomime: A Journal of Rehearsals published 1953 Publication of Rimbaud's Illuminations 1964 Fowlie appointed to faculty at Duke University 1965 Publication of André Gide: His Life and Art 1966 Publication of Rimbaud (Complete Works) and Jean Cocteau: The History of a Poet's Age 1951 Duke Press published A Journal of Rehearsals, a revision and updating of the earlier 1951 autobiography, Pantomime: A Journal of Rehearsals 1983 Aubade: A Teacher's Notebook published 1984 1985 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at nine universities and colleges 1987 Sites: A Third Memoir published 1990 Memory: A Fourth Memoir published 1990 Worked as consultant on Oliver Stone's film The Doors 1994 Publication of Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as Poet 1998, August 16 Died in Durham, North Carolina

From the guide to the Wallace Fowlie Papers, 1939-1996 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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  • Authors, French
  • College teachers
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  • French language
  • French literature
  • French literature
  • French poetry
  • French poetry
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