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EDITOR'S NOTE. NABOKV-L will be presenting a dialogue between two major
American writers, David Slavitt and Donald Harington, on their
relationship to Nabokov. Since the discussion will be more meaningful to
readers who have read some of the works of each writer, I have suggested
Harington's EKATERINA and Slavitt's ALICE AT EIGHTY. Both writers have
published a wide variety of work and in order to provide background
information, I have asked each to supply NABOKV-L with bio-bibs.
Since both writers have very long and imposing CVs, I have taken the
liberty of abridging the documents. Full information is available in the
_Contemporary Authors_ series and _Dictionary of Literary Biography_ volumes
cited in the CVs. The Slavitt bio-bib is below; that of Harington will
follow immediately.
D. Barton Johnson, Editor
NABOKV-L
____________________________________________
David R. Slavitt <slavitt@mail.med.upenn.edu>
Publications:
Fiction
THE CLIFF, 1994, Louisiana State University Press
TURKISH DELIGHTS, 1993, Louisiana State University Press
SHORT STORIES ARE NOT REAL LIFE, 1991, Louisiana State
University Press
LIVES OF THE SAINTS, 1990, Atheneum
SALAZAR BLINKS, 1988, Atheneum
THE HUSSAR, 1987, Louisiana State University Press
THE AGENT, with Bill Adler, 1986, Doubleday
ALICE AT 80, 1984, Doubleday
RINGER, 1982, Dutton
COLD COMFORT, 1980, Methuen
JO STERN, 1978, Harper and Row
KING OF HEARTS, 1976, Arbor House
THE KILLING OF THE KING, 1974, Doubleday
THE OUTER MONGOLIAN, 1973, Doubleday
ABCD, 1972, Doubleday
ANAGRAMS, 1970, Doubleday
FEEL FREE, 1968, Delacorte
ROCHELLE, OR VIRTUE REWARDED, 1967, Delacorte
Pseudonymous Novels
THE PROPOSAL, by Henry Sutton, 1980, Charter
THE IDOL, by David Benjamin, 1979, Putnam
THE SACRIFICE, by Henry Sutton, 1978, Grosset and Dunlap
THAT GOLDEN WOMAN, by Henry Lazarus, 1976, Fawcett
PAPERBACK THRILLER, by Lynn Meyer, 1975, Random House
THE LIBERATED, by Henry Sutton, 1973, Doubleday
VECTOR, by Henry Sutton, 1970, Bernard Geis Associates
THE VOYEUR, by Henry Sutton, 1968, Bernard Geis Associates
THE EXHIBITIONIST, by Henry Sutton, 1967, Bernard Geis
Associates
Poetry
POEMS, 1998, Louisiana State University Press
EPIGRAM AND EPIC: TWO ELIZABETHAN ENTERTAINMENTS
1997, Louisiana State University Press
A GIFT, 1996, Louisiana State University Press
CROSSROADS, 1994, Louisiana State University Press
EIGHT LONGER POEMS, 1990, Louisiana State University Press
EQUINOX, 1989, Louisiana State University Press
THE WALLS OF THEBES, 1986, Louisiana State University Press
BIG NOSE, 1983, Louisiana State University Press
DOZENS, 1981, Louisiana State University Press
ROUNDING THE HORN, 1978, Louisiana State University Press
VITAL SIGNS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1975, Doubleday
CHILD'S PLAY, 1972, Louisiana State University Press
DAY SAILING, 1968, University of North Carolina Press
THE CARNIVORE, 1965, University of North Carolina Press
SUITS FOR THE DEAD, 1961, Scribners
Translations
STATIUS AND CLAUDIAN:TWO ROMAN EPIC FRAGMENTS, 1998,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE ORESTEIA OF AESCHYLUS, 1997, University of Pennsylvania
Press
THE HYMNS OF PRUDENTIUS, 1996, Johns Hopkins University Press
SIXTY-ONE PSALMS, 1996, Oxford University Press
SENECA: The Tragedies Vol. II , 1995, Johns Hopkins University
Press
THE METAMORPHOSES OF OVID, 1994, Johns Hopkins University
Press
THE FABLES OF AVIANUS, 1993, Johns Hopkins University Press
SENECA: The Tragedies Vol. I , 1992, Johns Hopkins University
Press
OVID'S POETRY OF EXILE, 1989, Johns Hopkins University Press
THE TRISTIA OF OVID, 1986, Bellflower Press
THE ELEGIES TO DELIA OF ALBIUS TIBULLUS, 1985, Bits Press
THE ECLOGUES AND THE GEORGICS OF VIRGIL, 1972, Doubleday
(reprinted: 1990, Johns Hopkins University Press)
THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL, 1971, Doubleday
Non-fiction
VIRGIL, 1991, Yale University Press
PHYSICIANS OBSERVED, 1987, Doubleday
UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with Paul Secord and Carl
Backman, 1976, McGraw-Hill
Editor
THE LONG RENAISSANCE (with Katharine Washburne) 1998-9,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE COMPLETE GREEK TRAGEDIES (with Palmer Bovie), 1997-8,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE COMPLETE ROMAN DRAMA (with Palmer Bovie), 1992-1995, Johns
Hopkins University Press
LAND OF SUPERIOR MIRAGES: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS OF ADRIEN
STOUTENBERG, 1986, Johns Hopkins University Press
Performance Pieces:
WELFARE: THE MUSICAL (with Fred Wiseman and Lenny Pickett,
American Music Festival Theater, Philadelphia, 1992
ECHOES, lyrics to songs of Frederick Kaufman, first performed
at Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, October, 25, 1991
THE CARDINAL SINS, The Playwright's Unit, 1969, New York City
KING SAUL, American Place Theater, 1967, New York City
Journalism:
From 1958 to 1965, I was a writer at Newsweek where I became
an associate editor and, for the last two years, movie editor.
I am currently reviewing books for The Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and The New York Times, and am
poetry critic for The Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Teaching and Lecturing:
I have taught, lectured, given poetry readings, and led
workshops at such institutions as Yale, Harvard, Bennington,
Hollins College, University of Texas, American University, The
Folger Shakespeare Library, and The Library of Congress. I
was Visiting lecturer at the University of Maryland, 1978;
Visiting Associate Professor at Temple University, 1979 to
1981; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at
Columbia University, 1985-86; and Lecturer in creative writing
at Rutgers University/Camden Campus, 1987. I have been
Lecturer in English at the University of Pennsylvania since
1990, and am teaching Creative Writing at Princeton University
this spring. I am also an Associate Fellow of Trumbull
College at Yale.
Grants and Awards:
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowships, in fiction in 1985, and in poetry in 1987.
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation,
1988.
National Academy and Institutes of Arts and Letters Award,
1989
Rockefeller Foundation Artist's Residence at Bellagio, 1989.
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Citation for Distinguished
Translation, 1991: for Ovid's Poetry of Exile.
Seneca: The Tragedies, Vol. I and Vol. II were featured
alternate selections of The Readers' Subscription.
The Fables of Avianus was a featured alternate selection of
The Book of the Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book
Club
Education:
I was a Scholar of the House at Yale from which I received a
BA, Magna Cum Laude, in 1956. I have an MA, with honors, in
English from Columbia (1957).
References:
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS AUTOBIOGRAPHY SERIES, Volume 3, Gale;
DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, Vols. 6 and 7, Gale;
CONTEMPORARY POETS, Gale; CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS, Gale;
CONTEMPORARY POETS, St. Martin's Press; WORLD AUTHORS
1985-1990, H. W. Wilson Co.; MASTERPLOTS II: CRITICAL SURVEY
OF POETRY, REVISED EDITION, Salem Press, 1991
American writers, David Slavitt and Donald Harington, on their
relationship to Nabokov. Since the discussion will be more meaningful to
readers who have read some of the works of each writer, I have suggested
Harington's EKATERINA and Slavitt's ALICE AT EIGHTY. Both writers have
published a wide variety of work and in order to provide background
information, I have asked each to supply NABOKV-L with bio-bibs.
Since both writers have very long and imposing CVs, I have taken the
liberty of abridging the documents. Full information is available in the
_Contemporary Authors_ series and _Dictionary of Literary Biography_ volumes
cited in the CVs. The Slavitt bio-bib is below; that of Harington will
follow immediately.
D. Barton Johnson, Editor
NABOKV-L
____________________________________________
David R. Slavitt <slavitt@mail.med.upenn.edu>
Publications:
Fiction
THE CLIFF, 1994, Louisiana State University Press
TURKISH DELIGHTS, 1993, Louisiana State University Press
SHORT STORIES ARE NOT REAL LIFE, 1991, Louisiana State
University Press
LIVES OF THE SAINTS, 1990, Atheneum
SALAZAR BLINKS, 1988, Atheneum
THE HUSSAR, 1987, Louisiana State University Press
THE AGENT, with Bill Adler, 1986, Doubleday
ALICE AT 80, 1984, Doubleday
RINGER, 1982, Dutton
COLD COMFORT, 1980, Methuen
JO STERN, 1978, Harper and Row
KING OF HEARTS, 1976, Arbor House
THE KILLING OF THE KING, 1974, Doubleday
THE OUTER MONGOLIAN, 1973, Doubleday
ABCD, 1972, Doubleday
ANAGRAMS, 1970, Doubleday
FEEL FREE, 1968, Delacorte
ROCHELLE, OR VIRTUE REWARDED, 1967, Delacorte
Pseudonymous Novels
THE PROPOSAL, by Henry Sutton, 1980, Charter
THE IDOL, by David Benjamin, 1979, Putnam
THE SACRIFICE, by Henry Sutton, 1978, Grosset and Dunlap
THAT GOLDEN WOMAN, by Henry Lazarus, 1976, Fawcett
PAPERBACK THRILLER, by Lynn Meyer, 1975, Random House
THE LIBERATED, by Henry Sutton, 1973, Doubleday
VECTOR, by Henry Sutton, 1970, Bernard Geis Associates
THE VOYEUR, by Henry Sutton, 1968, Bernard Geis Associates
THE EXHIBITIONIST, by Henry Sutton, 1967, Bernard Geis
Associates
Poetry
POEMS, 1998, Louisiana State University Press
EPIGRAM AND EPIC: TWO ELIZABETHAN ENTERTAINMENTS
1997, Louisiana State University Press
A GIFT, 1996, Louisiana State University Press
CROSSROADS, 1994, Louisiana State University Press
EIGHT LONGER POEMS, 1990, Louisiana State University Press
EQUINOX, 1989, Louisiana State University Press
THE WALLS OF THEBES, 1986, Louisiana State University Press
BIG NOSE, 1983, Louisiana State University Press
DOZENS, 1981, Louisiana State University Press
ROUNDING THE HORN, 1978, Louisiana State University Press
VITAL SIGNS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1975, Doubleday
CHILD'S PLAY, 1972, Louisiana State University Press
DAY SAILING, 1968, University of North Carolina Press
THE CARNIVORE, 1965, University of North Carolina Press
SUITS FOR THE DEAD, 1961, Scribners
Translations
STATIUS AND CLAUDIAN:TWO ROMAN EPIC FRAGMENTS, 1998,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE ORESTEIA OF AESCHYLUS, 1997, University of Pennsylvania
Press
THE HYMNS OF PRUDENTIUS, 1996, Johns Hopkins University Press
SIXTY-ONE PSALMS, 1996, Oxford University Press
SENECA: The Tragedies Vol. II , 1995, Johns Hopkins University
Press
THE METAMORPHOSES OF OVID, 1994, Johns Hopkins University
Press
THE FABLES OF AVIANUS, 1993, Johns Hopkins University Press
SENECA: The Tragedies Vol. I , 1992, Johns Hopkins University
Press
OVID'S POETRY OF EXILE, 1989, Johns Hopkins University Press
THE TRISTIA OF OVID, 1986, Bellflower Press
THE ELEGIES TO DELIA OF ALBIUS TIBULLUS, 1985, Bits Press
THE ECLOGUES AND THE GEORGICS OF VIRGIL, 1972, Doubleday
(reprinted: 1990, Johns Hopkins University Press)
THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL, 1971, Doubleday
Non-fiction
VIRGIL, 1991, Yale University Press
PHYSICIANS OBSERVED, 1987, Doubleday
UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with Paul Secord and Carl
Backman, 1976, McGraw-Hill
Editor
THE LONG RENAISSANCE (with Katharine Washburne) 1998-9,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE COMPLETE GREEK TRAGEDIES (with Palmer Bovie), 1997-8,
University of Pennsylvania Press
THE COMPLETE ROMAN DRAMA (with Palmer Bovie), 1992-1995, Johns
Hopkins University Press
LAND OF SUPERIOR MIRAGES: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS OF ADRIEN
STOUTENBERG, 1986, Johns Hopkins University Press
Performance Pieces:
WELFARE: THE MUSICAL (with Fred Wiseman and Lenny Pickett,
American Music Festival Theater, Philadelphia, 1992
ECHOES, lyrics to songs of Frederick Kaufman, first performed
at Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, October, 25, 1991
THE CARDINAL SINS, The Playwright's Unit, 1969, New York City
KING SAUL, American Place Theater, 1967, New York City
Journalism:
From 1958 to 1965, I was a writer at Newsweek where I became
an associate editor and, for the last two years, movie editor.
I am currently reviewing books for The Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and The New York Times, and am
poetry critic for The Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Teaching and Lecturing:
I have taught, lectured, given poetry readings, and led
workshops at such institutions as Yale, Harvard, Bennington,
Hollins College, University of Texas, American University, The
Folger Shakespeare Library, and The Library of Congress. I
was Visiting lecturer at the University of Maryland, 1978;
Visiting Associate Professor at Temple University, 1979 to
1981; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at
Columbia University, 1985-86; and Lecturer in creative writing
at Rutgers University/Camden Campus, 1987. I have been
Lecturer in English at the University of Pennsylvania since
1990, and am teaching Creative Writing at Princeton University
this spring. I am also an Associate Fellow of Trumbull
College at Yale.
Grants and Awards:
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowships, in fiction in 1985, and in poetry in 1987.
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation,
1988.
National Academy and Institutes of Arts and Letters Award,
1989
Rockefeller Foundation Artist's Residence at Bellagio, 1989.
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Citation for Distinguished
Translation, 1991: for Ovid's Poetry of Exile.
Seneca: The Tragedies, Vol. I and Vol. II were featured
alternate selections of The Readers' Subscription.
The Fables of Avianus was a featured alternate selection of
The Book of the Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book
Club
Education:
I was a Scholar of the House at Yale from which I received a
BA, Magna Cum Laude, in 1956. I have an MA, with honors, in
English from Columbia (1957).
References:
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS AUTOBIOGRAPHY SERIES, Volume 3, Gale;
DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, Vols. 6 and 7, Gale;
CONTEMPORARY POETS, Gale; CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS, Gale;
CONTEMPORARY POETS, St. Martin's Press; WORLD AUTHORS
1985-1990, H. W. Wilson Co.; MASTERPLOTS II: CRITICAL SURVEY
OF POETRY, REVISED EDITION, Salem Press, 1991