William Alfred

Born in New York City, 16 August 1922. Educated at Brooklyn College, B.A. 1948; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1954. Served in the U.S. Army, 1943-46. Associate editor, American Poet, Brooklyn, 1942-44. Instructor, 1954-57, assistant professor, 1957-59, associate professor, 1959-63, and since 1963 professor of English, Harvard University. Recipient: Brooklyn College Literary Association award, 1953; Amy Lowell traveling poetry scholarship, 1956; Brandeis University Creative Arts award, 1960; American Academy grant, 1965. Died Cambridge 20 May, 1999

Stage Plays

  1. The Annunciation Rosary. 1948.
  2. Agamemnon (produced 1953). 1954.
  3. Hogan's Goat (produced 1965). 1966; revised version, as Cry for Us All, with Albert Marre, music by Mitch Leigh (produced 1970).
  4. The Curse of an Aching Heart, music by Claibe Richardson (produced 1979). 1983.
  5. Holy Saturday (produced 1980).

Other Piblications

  • Editor, with others, Complete Prose Works of John Milton 1. 1953.
  • Translator, Beowulf, in Mediaeval Epics. 1963.

Further information at http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/alfred.php