Fowlie, Wallace, 1908-1998

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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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