KEITH BOTSFORD

Professor Emeritus, Boston University

Editor & Publisher,
News from The Republic of Letters

EDUCATION
A.B., Yale-University of Iowa, 1949; A,M, Yale University, 1952. Theory & Composition, Manhattan School of Music, 1947-1948; Japanese, Columbia University, 1948-1949; International Law, U. Of Strasbourg, External, 1964; Law, Holborn College (London) 1972-1973.

TEACHING
Quinnipiac College, French, 1951-1952; Yale University, French, 1951-51; New School for Social Research, 1952-1953; Bard College 1953-1956, Asst. Prof., French & Comparative Lit.;
University of Puerto Rico, Professor, English & Comparative Lit, 1958-1961; University of Texas (Austin), Prof. 1969-1971; Boston University, Prof., Journalism, Lecturer, History, 1978-1981, 1984-2004; Boğaziçi University (Istanbul), Prof. Comp. Lit, 2007-2008.

JOURNALISM
France-Amérique, 1943; New Leader, 1961-1965, Latin American Corr.; New York Times Magazine, 1965-1972; Sunday Times (London) 1972-1984; The Independent (London) 1985-1994; La Stampa (Turin) 1990-1998.

MEDIA
MGM (film) 1950, Asst. to John Houseman; CBS TV (Television) ‘Seven Lively Arts, Asst. Producer, 1956-1957; (Theater) Stratford (Conn) Shakespeare Festival 1958-1959; Mercury Theatre, 1959.

ADMINISTRATION
Puerto Rico, Asst to Rector 1958-1961; International PEN, Deputy Director 1964-1965; Director, National Translation Center, Austin, Texas, 1966-1971; Boston University, Asst to President 1978-1981

EDITORIAL
Yale Poetry Review, 1945-1946; Poetry New York, 1946-1948; The Noble Savage, 1960-1962; Kolokol, 1958-1961; Delos, 1966-1969; ANON, 1970; Grand Prix International, 1979-1983; Bostonia, 1989-1994; The Republic of Letters, 1996-; Contributing Editor: Stand, Leviathan, Warwick Review.

GRANTS & AWARDS
Ford Foundation (Latin America) 196-1965; Ford Foundation, NTC, 1966-1971; Rockefeller Foundation (editing), 1967; Moody Foundation (course development) 1968. City of Rimini Prize (translation), AmericanTranslators Association (translation).

TRANSLATION
Human Relations Area Files (anthropology) 1958-1960, eight books manly on Viet Nam. Jules Michelet, History of the French Revolution; novels by Emmanuel Bove, Louis Guilloux, Silvio D’Arzo; fiction, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Marek Bienczyk, K.A. Jelenski, etc. see bibliography

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