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Marie Borroff
Born(1923-09-10)September 10, 1923
DiedJuly 5, 2019(2019-07-05) (aged 95)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Poet
  • translator
  • professor
TitleSterling Professor of English
RelativesEdith Borroff (sister)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University

Marie Edith Borroff (September 10, 1923 – July 5, 2019) was an American poet, translator, and the Sterling Professor of English emerita at Yale University.[2]

Life[edit]

Borroff was born in New York City in 1923, the daughter of professional musicians Marie Bergerson and (Albert) Ramon Borroff,[3] and sister of composer Edith Borroff. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA and MA in 1946,[4] and from Yale University with a Ph.D. in 1956. In 1959, she became the first woman to teach in the English Department at Yale. In 1965, she was the first woman appointed to be an English professor. She retired in 1994.[5]

An Endowed Chair at Yale has been named for her (Marie Borroff Professor of English).[6]

Works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, distinguished scholar of English literature". YaleNews. July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Marie Borroff | English". Yale University English. Yale University. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ Regier, Janet (2001). "Borroff, Edith | Grove Music". www.oxfordmusiconline.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03627. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  4. ^ "Class News", The University of Chicago Magazine
  5. ^ Yale Alumni Publications, Inc. "Yale Alumni Magazine: emeritus professors (May 2003)". Archived from the original on 2003-05-27. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  6. ^ "Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications". opa.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2014-09-20.

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