Robert Hollander
American scholar and translator (1933–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert B. Hollander Jr.[lower-alpha 1] (July 31, 1933 – April 20, 2021) was an American academic and translator, most widely known for his work on Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio. He was described by a department chair at Princeton University as "a pioneer in the creation of digital resources for the study of literature" for his work on the electronic Princeton and Dartmouth Dante projects.[2] In 2008, he and his wife, Jean Hollander, co-received a Gold Florin award from the City of Florence for their English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Born | Robert B. Hollander Jr. (1933-07-31)July 31, 1933 Manhattan, New York City |
Died | April 20, 2021(2021-04-20) (aged 87) Pau'uilo, Hawaii |
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Jean Haberman
(m. 1964; died 2019) |
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Discipline | European literature |
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Institutions | Princeton University |
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