Richard Howard

Richard Joseph Howard (born Richard Joseph Orwitz; October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.  He was born in Cleveland, Ohio."Mark Van Doren", Columbia 250 – Colombian Ahead of Their Times Columbia University. He was awarded the PEN Translation Prize in 1976 for his translation of E. M. Cioran's A Short History of Decay and the National Book Award"National Book Awards – 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-10. There was a "Translation" award from 1966 to 1983. for his 1983 translation of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.

Howard died on March 31, 2022 at his home in New York City from problems caused by dementia, aged 92.Richard Howard, Acclaimed Poet and Translator, Dies at 92 

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