Paul Roche, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Roche

British writer

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1916

Date of Death: 30-Oct-2007

Profession: poet, translator

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Donald Robert Paul Roche (26 September 1916 – 30 October 2007) was a British poet, novelist, and professor of English, a critically acclaimed translator of Greek and Latin classics, notably the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Sappho, and Plautus.
Born in Mussoorie, India, Roche was an associate of the Bloomsbury group, especially of painter Duncan Grant, whom he met in the summer of 1946 and who lived with Roche and his family until Grant's death in 1978. He used his translation of Sophocles', Oedipus Rex, to write a screenplay for a film version of the work released in 1967 with Christopher Plummer in the title role.
Roche played a small role in the Greek chorus.