Paul Schmidt (translator)

See also: Paul Schmidt (disambiguation)

Paul Schmidt
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Born	1934 Brooklyn
Died	February 19, 1999
Occupation	professor, translator
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Colgate University
Genre	poetry, plays
Notable awards	Helen Hayes Award, Kesselring Award
Spouse	Stockard Channing (1970-1976; divorced)

Paul Schmidt (1934 Brooklyn – February 19, 1999) was an American translator, poet, playwright, and essayist.

Biography

He graduated from Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University.

He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon.

He served in the U.S. Army Intelligence, from 1958 to 1960.

Schmidt was professor at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1967 to 1976. He also taught at the Yale School of Drama.

He translated Euripides, Chekhov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, and Mayakovsky.

He wrote three plays, one of which, Black Sea Follies won the Helen Hayes Award, and Kesselring Award for best play.

Schmidt's work was profiled in The New York Review of Books.

He was married to Stockard Channing.

Works

• Night Life, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-0-9
• Winter Solstice, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-2-3

Translations

• Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works, 1975; HarperPerennial, 2000, ISBN 978-0-06-095550-2
• Meyerhold at work, University of Texas Press, 1980, ISBN 978-0-292-75058-6

External links

• PAUL SCHMIDT WORKS WELL WITH GENIUSES
• The Stray Dog Cabaret translated by Paul Schmidt
• http://broadwayworld.com/people/Paul_Schmidt/