Mary E. Barnard, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Vancouver, Washington
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Mary E. Barnard (December 6, 1909-August 25, 2001) was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. She was buried at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
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Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2008
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Mary E. Barnard (December 6, 1909-August 25, 2001) was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. Some of her first poetry was published during the years 1936-1940, in “Five Young American Poets” by New Directions Publishing. She is known for her clear interpretation of the works of Sappho, a translation from the Greek which has never gone out of print.
Barnard won the distinguished Levinson Award of Poetry from Poetry magazine in 1935, the Elliston Award for her Collected Poems in 1979, and the Western States Book Award in 1986 for “Time and the White Tigress,” a book length poem. Among other honors were: the Washington State Governor’s Award for achievement in the literary arts, and the May Sarton Award for Poetry from the New England Poetry Club in 1987.
After living for 15 years on the East Coast, she returned to her hometown of Vancouver, Washington and continued to write, mostly original poetry and prose, until her death. Her poems were published in many periodicals, including the New Yorker, Saturday Review and Harper's Bazaar. She was buried at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
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