Poetic Obituaries: C.K. Williams, lecturer with the rank

of professor in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts, added, "Robert Fagles was the most widely read and widely celebrated poet translator of his time, indeed of any time. He was also the kindest, most generous, most loving person I've ever met, and I don't believe these facts are unrelated. His work is radiant with a love of poetry, of language, of people, of the entire human experience. There was no one like him."

from News at Princeton: Robert Fagles, celebrated translator of ancient epics, dies at age 74

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