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Paul Schmidt
Born	(1934-01-29)January 29, 1934 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	February 19, 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 65) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Professor, translator
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Colgate University
Genre	poetry, plays
Notable awards	Helen Hayes Award, Joseph Kesselring Prize
Spouse	Stockard Channing ​ ​(m. 1970; div. 1976)​

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

Biography

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

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.

He was married to Stockard Channing.

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

Bibliography

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• Night Life, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-0-9
• Winter Solstice, Painted Leaf Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9651558-2-3

Translations

• Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works, 1975; HarperPerennial, 2000, ISBN 978-0-06-095550-2
• Meyerhold at work, University of Texas Press, 1980, ISBN 978-0-292-75058-6
• Velimir Khlebnikov (1985). Charlotte Douglas (ed.). The king of time: selected writings of the Russian futurian. Translated by Paul Schmidt. Harvard University Press.
• Chekhov, Anton (1997). The plays of Anton Chekhov. Translated by Paul Schmidt. New York: HarperCollins.
• Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1999). Ivanov. Translated by Paul Schmidt. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN 978-0-8222-1646-9.
• Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1999). Seven short farces. Translated by Paul Schmidt. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN 978-0-8222-1645-2.
• Catherine Ciepiela; Honor Moore, eds. (2007). The Stray Dog cabaret: a book of Russian poems. Translator Paul Schmidt. New York Review of Books. ISBN 978-1-59017-191-2.

Critical studies and reviews of Schmidt's work

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

The Plays of Anton Chekhov

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

References

1. "Paul Schmidt in Social Security Death Index".
2. Stephen Holden (February 21, 1999). "Paul Schmidt, 65, Translator, Poet and Actor". The New York Times.
3. "Colgate AB", Nashua Telegraph, Nashua, New Hampshire, volume 87, issue 89, June 14, 1955, page 4. (subscription required)
4. "Paul Schmidt". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
5. Jones, Kenneth. "Playwright-Translator Paul Schmidt, 65, Dead in New York City". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-06-30.

External links

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

• 1934 births
• 1999 deaths
• 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American poets
• 20th-century American translators
• American male poets
• American male dramatists and playwrights
• Velimir Khlebnikov scholars
• Writers from Brooklyn
• United States Army soldiers
• Colgate University alumni
• Harvard University alumni
• Poets from New York (state)
• University of Texas at Austin faculty
• Yale University faculty
• Russian–English translators
• Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery