Terrence Des Pres
Terrence Des Pres (1939 in Effingham, Illinois – November 16, 1987 in Hamilton, New York) was an American writer and Holocaust scholar. Life. Terrence Des Pres graduated from Southeast Missouri State College in 1962. He went on to complete graduate degrees in philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He spent time with John Nathan at Harvard University as Harvard Junior Fellows, where Des Pres was the society's sommelier and they formed a friendship. He was married twice and had a son, Jean-Paul, with his first wife Judith. His widow, Liz, is now a physician living  in the Boston area. Work. Des Pres is most well known for his work on the Holocaust documented in: "". At Colgate University he taught "Literature of the Holocaust" and was the William Henry Crawshaw Chair in Literature. At Colgate, he spent time with writer Frederick Busch. He wrote "Praises and Dispraises", published posthumously in 1988, which dealt with poetry and its usefulness for survival. Death. According to John Nathan's memoir, Des Pres committed suicide on November 16, 1987. Des Pres' death was ruled "accidental" by the Madison county medical examiners office, Madison, NY. According to a 1990 "Boston Globe