Leonard Nathan
American poet and critic (1924–2007)
Biography
Leonard E. Nathan, (November 8 1924 – June 3, 2007) was an American poet, critic, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley where he retired in 1991.
Born in El Monte, California, Nathan earned a bachelor's degree in English at UC Berkeley in 1950, a master's degree in English in 1952 and a Ph.D. in 1961. He was then hired as a lecturer in UC Berkeley's Department of Speech, and was promoted to associate professor in 1965 and to professor in 1968.
Among other honors, he received the National Institute of Arts and Letters prize for poetry, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Phelan Award for Narrative Poetry, and three silver medals from the Commonwealth Club of California, including one for The Potato Eaters. His poems were also published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, New England Review and The Georgia Review, among other publications.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University of California, Berkeley
Awards & honours (1)
- Guggenheim Fellowship
Quick answers about Leonard Nathan
- How old was Leonard Nathan?
- Leonard Nathan died on June 3, 2007 at the age of 82.
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- Leonard Nathan was born on November 8, 1924.
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- Leonard Nathan was born in El Monte.
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- Leonard Nathan's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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- Leonard Nathan is a citizen of United States.
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- Leonard Nathan is known as linguist, translator, literary critic, poet.
