Richard Dauenhauer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Dauenhauer

American poet, linguist, and translator

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, United States

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2014

Profession: poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Richard Dauenhauer (April 10, 1942 – August 19, 2014) was an American poet, linguist, and translator who married into, and subsequently became an expert on, the Tlingit nation of southeastern Alaska.
He was married to the Tlingit poet and scholar Nora Marks Dauenhauer.
With his wife and Lydia T.
Black, he won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804