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Burton Raffel

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Burton Raffel

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Full Name: Burton Nathan Raffel
Born: April 27, 1928
New York City, New York
Died: September 29, 2015
Lafayette, Louisiana
Occupation: Writer, translator
Nationality: American
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Biography

Burton Raffel was an American writer, translator, poet and professor. He is best known for his translation of Beowulf, still widely used in universities, colleges and high schools. Other important translations include Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel and Dante's The Divine Comedy.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1963)