Payne, Robert, 1911-1983
Alternative namesPierre Stephen Robert Payne was born on Dec. 4, 1911 in Saltash, Cornwall, England; came to the US in 1946; attended Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa (1929-30), Univ. of Capetown (1931-32), Univ. of Liverpool (1933-36), Univ. of Munich (1937), and Sorbonne, Univ. of Paris (1938); was shipwright's apprentice, Liverpool (1932-33), shipwright (1939-41) and armament officer (1941), Singapore Naval Base; translator, British Ministry of Information in Chungking, China (1941-42); professor of English poetry and lecturer in naval architecture (1943-46); head of English dept., Alabama College, Montevallo (1949-54); war correspondent in Spain (1938), and correspondent for the Times of London in Changsha, China (1942); was founding director of Columbia Univ. Translation Center; wrote more than 100 books in a variety of subjects; publications include Love and peace (1945), Forever China (1945), China awake (1947), The rose tree (1947), A house in Peking : a novel of 18th-century China (1956), and Lawrence of Arabia : a triumph (1962); he died on Feb. 18, 1983.
From the description of Papers, 1946-1964. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39813078
Author, biographer, poet, translator.
From the description of Papers, [ca.1900]-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122573386
Biography
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was born on December 4, 1911 in Saltash, Cornwall, England; came to the U.S. in 1946; attended Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa (1929-30), University of Capetown (1931-32), University of Liverpool (1933-36), University of Munich (1937), and Sorbonne, University of Paris (1938); was shipwright's apprentice, Liverpool (1932-33), shipwright (1939-41) and armament officer (1941), Singapore Naval Base; translator, British Ministry of Information in Chungking, China (1941-42); professor of English poetry and lecturer in naval architecture (1943-46); head of English deptartment, Alabama College, Montevallo (1949-54); war correspondent in Spain (1938), and correspondent for the Times of London in Changsha, China (1942); was founding director of Columbia University Translation Center; wrote more than 100 books in a variety of subjects; publications include Love and peace (1945), Forever China (1945), China awake (1947), The rose tree (1947), A house in Peking: a novel of 18th-century China (1956), and Lawrence of Arabia: a triumph (1962); he died on February 18, 1983.
From the guide to the Robert Payne Papers, 1946-1964, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)
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correspondedWith | Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 | person |
correspondedWith | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 | person |
associatedWith | Diller, Phyllis, 1917-2012 | person |
correspondedWith | Gresser, Sy, 1926- | person |
associatedWith | Klausner, Bertha, 1901-1998. | person |
associatedWith | Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. | person |
correspondedWith | New Directions Publishing Corp. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Payne, Mireille (Dorey), d.1972. | person |
associatedWith | Payne, Stephen, 1886-1972. | person |
associatedWith | Powell, Dawn. | person |
correspondedWith | Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. | person |
associatedWith | Whitcomb, John Merrall, 1907-, | person |
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Birth 1911-12-04
Death 1983-03-03
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