Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982

Variant names

Hide Profile

Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator.

From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

American author Babette Deutsch published novels, criticism, essays, translations, children's stories, and biography, but is most remembered for her eloquent poetry. Her verse is generally short, exploring artistic or literary themes, and strikes a balance between emotion and intellect. She also prepared several notable translations with her husband, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, of European authors such as Rilke, Pushkin, and Boris Pasternak.

From the description of Babette Deutsch letters and poem, 1955-1957. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56429521

Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Babette Deutsch and her husband, Avrahm Yarmolinsky.

From the description of Letters, 1923-1981, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155867839

Babette Deutsch (1895-1982) was an American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.

From the guide to the Collection of Babette Deutsch poems, undated, (Ohio University)

Babette Deutsch (1895-1982) was a poet, author and critic.

In addition to ten volumes of poetry, she wrote novels, children's stories, and criticism. In collaboration with her husband, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, she edited and translated Russian, German and French poetry. She taught at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research.

From the description of Babette Deutsch papers, ca. 1880s-1982, bulk (1920s-1960s). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576145

Babette Deutsch, the daughter of Michael and Melanie (Fisher) Deutsch, was born on September 22, 1895 in New York City. After matriculating from the Ethical Culture School, she attended Barnard College and graduated in 1917 with a B.A.; in 1946 she received an honorary D. Litt. from Columbia University. On April 29, 1921, Deutsch married Avrahm Yarmolinsky, chief of the Slavonic Division of The New York Public Library (1918-1955), who was himself a writer and translator. They had two sons, Adam and Michael.

Deutsch made valuable contributions as a translator of Russian, German and French poetry, as a critic and editor, and as an author of novels and children's books. However, her permanent gift to literature is her poetry - free verse and rhymed poems which are sensitive and serious, yet sparked with humor. Critics have said that her phrasing is brilliant and swift, and that her chief charm is the completeness with which she renders and realizes a subject.

While she was an undergraduate, Deutsch began contributing to the periodicals North American Review and The New Republic. After her graduation, she worked for a brief period with the Political Science Quarterly, and also wrote several critical essays, among them one on Thorstein Veblen, for Reedy's Mirror, Marion Reedy's one-man journal of opinion. Shortly thereafter, Veblen asked Deutsch to be his secretary while he was teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Deutsch's first book of poems, Banners, was published in 1919. From then until 1962, she wrote ten volumes of poetry including Honey Our of the Rock (1925), Epistle to Prometheus (1931), Take Them, Stranger (1944), Coming of Age (1959), and Collected Poems, 1919-1962 1963. Among her novels are A Brittle Heaven (1926), In Such a Night (1927), Mask of Silenus (193), and Rogue's Legacy (1942) . Her criticism includes Potable Gold (1929), This Modern Poetry (1935), Poetry In Our Time (1952, 1956, 1963), and Poetry Handbook (1957, 1962, 1974) ; and in collaboration with her husband, she edited and translated Modern Russian Poetry (1921), Contemporary German Poetry (1923), and Two Centuries of Russian Verse (1966) .

Deutsch's poem Thoughts at the Year's End, which was published in her book Five for the Night (1930), won the Nation Poetry Prize. She was Phi Beta Kappa poet at Columbia in 1929, taught at the New School for Social Research from 1933 to 1935, and was a lecturer in English at Columbia University from 1944-1951, and a guest professor from 1952 to 1971. She was also Honorary Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1960 to 1966. Deutsch died on November 13, 1982.

From the guide to the Babette Deutsch papers, ca. 1880s-1982, 1920s-1960s, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Lewis Mumford papers University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. William Carlos Williams Papers, 1929-1960. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Typed letter signed Babette Deutsch to: Miss Virginia Prettyman March 1, 1955. Wellesley College
referencedIn Meredith, William, 1919-2007. William Meredith papers, 1947-1979. Library of Congress
referencedIn Hardman, J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky), 1882-1968. Papers, 1908-1970. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Maxwell Anderson collection of papers, 1925-1926 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Appleton-Century mss., 1846-1962 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Baldwin, Faith, 1893-1978. Smart Set Papers, 1952-1964. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers, 1919-2003. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Correspondence, 1941-1980, from Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Babette Deutsch papers, ca. 1880s-1982, bulk (1920s-1960s). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Typed letter signed Babette Deutsch to: Miss Virginia Prettyman February 3, 1955. Wellesley College
creatorOf Federman mss. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Papers, 1831-1835, 1916-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Winslow, Ann, 1894-. Papers, 1930-1966. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
creatorOf Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. Three letters, 1974 April 25-1978 May 12, San Francisco, Ca. [to] Babette [Deutsch] / Kay [Boyle]. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
creatorOf Smith, William Jay, 1918-. Papers. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn William Carlos Williams collection of papers, 1927-1965 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Corman, Cid. Cid Corman collection of papers, 1941-1983 bulk (1951-1974). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
referencedIn Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. Papers of Marianne Moore, 1928-1965. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Padraic Colum collection of papers, 1901-1963 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Rovere, Richard Halworth, 1915-1979. Richard Halworth Rovere papers, 1926-1981. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Tate, Allen, 1899-1979. Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Typed letter signed Babette Deutsch to: Miss Virginia Prettyman February 19, 1955. Wellesley College
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Babette Deutsch letters and poem, 1955-1957. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987. Glenway Wescott collection of papers, 1917-1976. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Wallace Stevens collection of papers, 1935-1964 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
creatorOf Babette Deutsch papers, ca. 1880s-1982, 1920s-1960s New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky) Hardman Papers, 1908-1970 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Anderson, Lee, 1896-1972. Papers, 1933-1976 (inclusive), 1948-1972 (bulk). Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. Edith Sitwell letters, 1921-1956. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Wallace Stevens collection of papers, 1935-1964. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Miller, Mary Britton, 1883-1975. Mary Britton Miller papers, ca. 1947-1974. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Jean Burden Papers, 1931-1992 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990. Heroes of the Kalevala : Finland's saga : production material, [1940?]. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn ILGWU. Education Department. Fannia Cohn papers, 1918-1962 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
creatorOf Meredith, William, 1919-. William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Marianne Moore collection of papers, 1887-1975, 1921-1969 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Papers of Lizette Woodworth Reese [manuscript], 1893-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept. Executive Secretary. ILGWU. Education Department. Fannia Cohn papers, 1918-1962. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Collection of Babette Deutsch poems, undated Ohio University
referencedIn Harris, L. mss., 1931-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Glenway Wescott collection of papers, 1917-1976 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Letter, New Rochelle, N.Y., to William Orton Tewson [manuscript] 1925 June 22. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Wilbur, Richard. Works and correspondence, 1962-1988. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Frank Addison Manny papers, 1890-1955. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Isabel Bishop papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Nemerov, Howard. Papers, 1939-1985. Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. Kay Boyle collection of papers, 1925-1988 bulk (1952-1986). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Hertzberg, Sidney. Sidney Hertzberg papers, 1924-1984. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Wiemann, Beth. Night songs : for women's chorus / [music by] Beth Wiemann ; texts by Gerald Jonas, Babette Deutsch. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. Maxwell Anderson collection of papers, 1925-1926. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Wenning, Henry W., 1911-1987. Papers, 1958-1987. Indiana University
creatorOf Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. Robert Lowell collection of papers, 1943-1977. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Babette Deutsch letters and poem, 1955-1957. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Marshall, Lenore, 1897-1971. Papers, 1887-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Sidney Hertzberg papers, 1924-1984 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Papers, 1925-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. General correspondence, 1901-1972. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972. Papers, [ca. 1917]-1976. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. Muriel Rukeyser collection of papers, 1920-1976 bulk (1931-1976). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
creatorOf Isabel Bishop papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. [Reviews of editions of Wordsworth and books about Wordsworth] Indiana University
referencedIn Committee for Environmental Information, 1972-1973 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
referencedIn Robert Lowell collection of papers, 1943-1977 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Robert Frost additional papers, 1960-1963. Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Edwin Markham collection of papers, 1852-1940. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Kay Boyle collection of papers, 1925-1988, 1952-1986 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. William Carlos Williams collection of papers, 1927-1965. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Letter, 1920-1930, New York City [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Babette Deutsch (Mrs. A. Yarmolinsky). Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Dane, Clemence. Women authors collection, Da-Di, 1882-1919. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Elinor Wylie collection of papers, 1885-1950, 1902-1928 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Letters, 1923-1981, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Correspondence, 1946. Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
referencedIn Muriel Rukeyser collection of papers, 1920-1976, 1931-1976 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Frank, Adelaide Schulkind. Papers, 1925-1972 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Correspondence to Lewis George Sterner, [between 1927 and 1929]. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Domanska, Janina. More tales of faraway folk : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Louis Untermeyer collection of papers, 1913-1975 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Nemerov, Howard. Papers. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf Barnard College. Eleusinian Mysteries book, 1890-1932. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1932-1955. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928. Elinor Wylie collection of papers, 1885-1950 bulk (1902-1928). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Adler, Ija. Papers, 1932-1967. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Edwin Markham collection of papers, 1852-1940 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Papers, 1890-1955 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951,. Letters to Alfred Kreymborg [manuscript], 1921-1956. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. Papers, 1933-1942. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Mary Britton Miller papers, ca. 1947-1974 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Moore, Marianne, 1887-1975. Marianne Moore collection of papers, 1887-1975 bulk (1921-1969). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Cid Corman collection of papers, 1941-1983, 1951-1974 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Adler, Ija. person
associatedWith Alling, Kenneth Slade, 1887- person
associatedWith Anderson, Lee, 1896-1972. person
associatedWith Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959. person
associatedWith André Maurois person
associatedWith Barnard College. corporateBody
associatedWith Belitt, Ben, 1911-2003. person
associatedWith Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988. person
associatedWith Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
associatedWith Burden, Jean. person
associatedWith Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith CARE (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Carpenter, Margaret Haley. person
associatedWith Cohen, Morris. 1880-1947. person
associatedWith Colum, Padraic, 1880-1972 person
associatedWith Combs, Tram, 1924- person
associatedWith Corman, Cid. person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
correspondedWith D. Appleton-Century Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982. person
associatedWith Deutsch, Melanie Fisher person
associatedWith Deutsch, Melanie Fisher. person
associatedWith Dewey, John, 1859-1952. person
associatedWith Domanska, Janina. person
associatedWith Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Edel, Leon, 1907-1997. person
associatedWith Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954. person
associatedWith Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990. person
associatedWith Falley, Katharine, person
associatedWith Federman, Raymond. person
associatedWith Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. person
associatedWith Frank, Adelaide Schulkind. person
associatedWith Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 person
associatedWith Gardner, Isabella person
associatedWith Garrett, George, 1929-2008. person
associatedWith Garrigue, Jean, 1912-1972 person
associatedWith Gotham Book Mart corporateBody
associatedWith Hardman, J. B. S. (Jacob Benjamin Salutsky), 1882-1968. person
associatedWith Harris, Leon A. person
associatedWith Hertzberg, Sidney person
associatedWith Hertzberg, Sidney. person
correspondedWith Hope Hale Davis person
associatedWith Howes, Barbara person
associatedWith Howes, Barbara. person
associatedWith Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory corporateBody
associatedWith International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept. Executive Secretary. corporateBody
associatedWith Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998 person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Lewis Mumford person
associatedWith Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. person
associatedWith Macleod, Norman, 1906- person
associatedWith Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. person
associatedWith Markham, Anne Catherine, person
associatedWith Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. person
associatedWith Marshall, Lenore, 1897-1971. person
associatedWith Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. person
correspondedWith Meredith, William, 1919-2007. person
associatedWith Miller, Mary Britton, 1883-1975. person
associatedWith Modern Poetry Association corporateBody
associatedWith Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. person
associatedWith Moore, Marianne, 1887-1975. person
associatedWith Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. person
associatedWith Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 person
correspondedWith Nemerov, Howard. person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Prettyman, Virginia. person
associatedWith Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. person
associatedWith Richard Wilbur person
associatedWith Roberts, Michael, 1902-1948 person
associatedWith Rovere, Richard Halworth, 1915-1979. person
associatedWith Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. person
associatedWith Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. person
associatedWith Smith, William Jay, 1918- person
associatedWith Steloff, Frances, b. 1887 person
associatedWith Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. person
associatedWith Symons, Julian, 1912- person
associatedWith Tambimuttu, 1915- person
associatedWith Tate, Allen, 1899-1979. person
associatedWith Tewson, William Orton, 1877-1947, person
associatedWith Tower, James Eaton, 1863-1947. person
associatedWith Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 person
associatedWith Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972. person
associatedWith Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. person
associatedWith Wenning, Henry W., 1911-1987. person
associatedWith Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987. person
associatedWith Wiemann, Beth. person
associatedWith Wilbur, Richard. person
associatedWith Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. person
associatedWith Winslow, Ann, 1894- person
associatedWith Witt-Diamant, Ruth person
associatedWith Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. person
associatedWith Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928. person
associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
associatedWith Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1890-1975. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Subject
American literature
Poets, American
Women authors, American
Austrian poetry
Criticism
German poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Occupation
Authors
Critic
Poets
Activity

Person

Birth 1895-09-22

Death 1982-11-13

Americans

English

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6qx3

Ark ID: w6ks6qx3

SNAC ID: 63492216