Untermeyer

Untermeyer
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Louis, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * New York 1. 10. 1885, ✝ Newton (Connecticut) 18. 12. 1977. Sein umfangreiches Werk umfasst Gedichte, die Traditionen der Romantik aufgreifen, Parodien, Übersetzungen (z. B. H. Heine) und kommentierte Lyrikanthologien, u. a. »Modern American poetry« (1919). Unter den zahlreichen weiteren Werken befinden sich auch zwei Autobiographien (»From another world«, 1939; »Bygones«, 1965) sowie die Briefsammlung »The letters of Robert Frost to L. Untermeyer« (1963).
 
Weitere Werke: Lyrik: Roast Leviathan (1923); Collected parodies (1926); Burning bush (1928); Food and drink (1932); Long feud (1962).
 
Biographien: Heinrich Heine, 2 Bände (1937); Makers of the modern world (1955).
 
Literaturkritik: Play in poetry (1938).
 
Kurzgeschichten: The firebringer and other stories (1968).

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