Dudley Fitts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dudley Fitts

American writer and academic

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1903

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1968

Profession: poet, translator, classical scholar, literary critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Dudley Fitts (April 28, 1903 – July 10, 1968) was an American teacher, critic, poet, and translator.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Harvard University, where he edited the Harvard Advocate.
He taught at The Choate School 1926–1941 and at Phillips Academy at Andover 1941–1968.
He and his former student at Choate, Robert Fitzgerald, published translations of Alcestis of Euripides (1936), Antigone of Sophocles (1939), Oedipus Rex (1949), and The Oedipus Cycle (1949).
Their translations were praised for their clarity and poetic quality. He died in Andover, Massachusetts.