John Christopher Middleton (10 June 1926 – 29 November 2015) [1] was a British poet and translator, especially of German literature. [2]
Middleton was born in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom in 1926. Following four years' service in the Royal Air Force, [3] he studied at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1948. [4] He then held academic positions at the University of Zürich and King's College London. [4] In 1966 he took up a position as Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature at the University of Texas, Austin, retiring in 1998. [5] Middleton has published translations of Robert Walser, Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Goethe, Gert Hofmann and many others. He has received various awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translation. [6]
Middleton married Mary Freer in 1953; they had two daughters and a son. [4] They divorced in 1969. [1] Middleton died on 29 November 2015. [1] [7]
John Christopher Middleton (10 June 1926 – 29 November 2015) [1] was a British poet and translator, especially of German literature. [2]
Middleton was born in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom in 1926. Following four years' service in the Royal Air Force, [3] he studied at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1948. [4] He then held academic positions at the University of Zürich and King's College London. [4] In 1966 he took up a position as Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature at the University of Texas, Austin, retiring in 1998. [5] Middleton has published translations of Robert Walser, Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Goethe, Gert Hofmann and many others. He has received various awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translation. [6]
Middleton married Mary Freer in 1953; they had two daughters and a son. [4] They divorced in 1969. [1] Middleton died on 29 November 2015. [1] [7]