Paul Schmidt (translator) explained

See also: Paul Schmidt (disambiguation).

Paul Schmidt
Birth Date:	January 29, 1934
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation:	Professor, translator
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Genre:	poetry, plays
Awards:	Helen Hayes Award, Joseph Kesselring Prize

Paul Francis Schmidt (January 29, 1934 – February 19, 1999)^[1] was an American translator, poet, playwright, and essayist.^[2]

Biography

He graduated from Nashua High School in 1951, Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University.^[3]

He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon.

He served in the U.S. Army Intelligence, from 1958 to 1960.

Schmidt was professor at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1967 to 1976. He also taught at the Yale School of Drama.

He translated Euripides, Chekhov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, Mayakovsky, and Rimbaud.

He wrote three plays, one of which, Black Sea Follies won the Helen Hayes Award, and the Joseph Kesselring Prize for best play.

Schmidt's work was profiled in The New York Review of Books.^[4]

He was married to Stockard Channing.^[5]

He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliography

• Night Life, Painted Leaf Press, 1996,
• Winter Solstice, Painted Leaf Press, 1996,

Translations

• Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works, 1975; HarperPerennial, 2000,
• Meyerhold at work, University of Texas Press, 1980,
• Book: The king of time: selected writings of the Russian futurian. Velimir Khlebnikov. Charlotte Douglas . Paul Schmidt . Harvard University Press. 1985 .
• Book: Chekhov, Anton . Paul Schmidt . The plays of Anton Chekhov . New York . HarperCollins . 1997 .
• Book: Ivanov . Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Paul Schmidt. Dramatists Play Service . 1999. 978-0-8222-1646-9 .
• Book: Seven short farces. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Paul Schmidt. Dramatists Play Service . 1999. 978-0-8222-1645-2 .
• Book: The Stray Dog cabaret: a book of Russian poems. Catherine Ciepiela . Honor Moore . Translator Paul Schmidt. New York Review of Books. 2007. 978-1-59017-191-2.

Critical studies and reviews of Schmidt's work

• News: Foote's 'The Widow Claire' and Schmidt's 'Black Sea Follies'. John Beaufort . December 31, 1986. The Christian Science Monitor.
• News: Dmitri and the Wolf. New York Magazine. John Simon. January 12, 1987.

The Plays of Anton Chekhov

• Kirsch, Adam . Adam Kirsch . July 1997 . Chekhov in American . Books . The Atlantic Monthly . 280 . 1 . 110–112 .

External links

• PAUL SCHMIDT WORKS WELL WITH GENIUSES
• The Stray Dog Cabaret translated by Paul Schmidt
• http://broadwayworld.com/people/Paul_Schmidt/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Schmidt in Social Security Death Index.
2. News: Paul Schmidt, 65, Translator, Poet and Actor. Stephen Holden. The New York Times. February 21, 1999.
3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/74905590/ "Colgate AB"
4. Paul Schmidt . . 2021-08-22.
5. News: Playwright-Translator Paul Schmidt, 65, Dead in New York City . Kenneth . Jones . . 2011-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154657/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/43756-Playwright-Translator-Paul-Schmidt-65-Dead-in-New-York-City . 2012-10-21.