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Allen Mandelbaum

Born

in Albany, NY, The United States

May 04, 1926

Died

October 27, 2011

Genre

Classics, Poetry

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Allen Mandelbaum was an American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator. A devout Jew, Mandelbaum is highly knowledgeable of Christianity.

His translation of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri appeared between 1980 and 1984 — published by The University of California Press and supported by the notable Dante scholar Irma Brandeis. He subsequently acted as general editor of the California Lectura Dantis, a collection of essays on the Comedy; two volumes, on the Inferno and Purgatoria, have been published.

Mandelbaum received the National Book Award for his translation of Virgil's Aeneid, and is also the recipient of the Order of Merit from the Republic of Italy, the Premio Mondello, the Premio Leonardo, the Premio Biella, the ...more

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	Three Centuries of American Poetry by Allen Mandelbaum (Editor ), Robert D. Richardson Jr. (Editor) 3.66 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectura Dantis: Inferno: A Canto-by-Canto Commentary by Allen Mandelbaum (Editor), Anthony Oldcorn (Editor), Charles Stanley Ross (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectura Dantis, Purgatorio: A Canto-by-Canto Commentary by Allen Mandelbaum (Editor), Anthony Oldcorn (Editor), Charles Stanley Ross (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Treasury of American Poetry by Allen Mandelbaum (Editor ), Robert D. Richardson Jr. (Editor ) 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chelmaxioms : the maxims, axioms, maxioms of Chelm 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Inferno - A Verse Translation (Italian/English) Illustrated really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aeneid of Virgil 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ovid in Sicily: A New Verse Translation of Selections from the "metamorphoses" of Ovid, with Foreword, Latin Facing Text, and 14 Color-Plates from the ... Sequence of Paintings by Marialuisa de Romans 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savantasse of Montparnasse 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rare THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER; MANDELBAUM TRANSLATION; GREEK HISTORY CLASSIC LIT [Hardcover] Allen Mandelbaum it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I sing of arms and of a man…”
― Allen Mandelbaum, The Aeneid

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“Medusa… the sight of her face turned people into stone. [Here she is] perhaps a symbol of the ultimate sin, despair, which would petrify Dante and so trap him in Hell for ever.”
― Allen Mandelbaum, The Divine Comedy

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“It Never Troubles The Wolf
How Many The Sheep May Be.”
― Allen Mandelbaum, The Aeneid of Virgil

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