Hyde, (W.) Lewis

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HYDE, (W.) Lewis

HYDE, (W.) Lewis. American, b. 1945. Genres: Poetry, Cultural/Ethnic topics, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: University of Iowa, Iowa City, instructor in literature, 1969-71; Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA, alcoholism counselor, 1974-76; Harvard University, Boston, MA, researcher in the study of adult development, 1976, lecturer in expository writing, 1983-85, Briggs-Copeland assistant professor of English, 1985-89; Tufts University, Medford, MA, Experimental College, visiting lecturer, 1977; poet in residence for public schools in Cohasset, Hopkinton, Lexington, and Nantucket, MA, 1981-83; Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, Luce Professor of Art and Politics, 1989-. MacArthur Fellow, 1991-96. Publications: (trans. with D. Unger) Vicente Aleixandre, World Alone (poems), 1982; The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, 1983; Trickster Makes This World, 1997. EDITOR: (and trans. with R. Bly) Twenty Poems of Vicente Aleixandre, 1977; (and trans. with others) A Longing for the Light: Selected Poems of Vicente Aleixandre, 1979; The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau, 2002. Contributor of poetry to periodicals. Address: Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]