Mary Barnard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Barnard

American writer

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1909

Place of Birth: Vancouver, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 25-Aug-2001

Profession: writer, poet, translator, biographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mary Ethel Barnard (December 6, 1909 – August 25, 2001) was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator.
She is known for her elegant rendering of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print.Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship, Issue 94, was exclusively dedicated to her work and her correspondence with Pound.
Barnard won a Levinson Award of Poetry from Poetry Magazine in 1935, and an Elliston Award for her Collected Poems, a Western States Book Award in 1986, (for Time and the White Tigress).
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.