{"id":158316,"date":"2022-04-05T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=158316"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:17:52","slug":"in-memoriam-richard-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2022\/04\/05\/in-memoriam-richard-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Richard Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Every week, the editors of\u00a0<\/em>The Paris Review<em>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dkY3AH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe translator\u2019s relation to his to-be-translated writer, or victim,\u201d observed Richard\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span>, the poet, translator, and longtime\u00a0<em>Paris Review<\/em>\u00a0poetry editor, in his 2004\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=5fb69a66b4&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D5fb69a66b4%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3f8DtC1gcr5DGgELzqPPak\">Art of Poetry<\/a>\u00a0interview, \u201cis essentially erotic and an exchange of mental fluids that cannot be entirely justified or explained.\u201d\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span>, who passed away last week at the age of ninety-two, won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his collection\u00a0<em>Untitled Subjects<\/em>. His impact on American letters was immeasurable. He published, in addition to his many volumes of poetry, landmark translations of Charles Baudelaire, Roland Barthes, Emil Cioran, and Andr\u00e9 Gide, among others. You can find\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=75c12464bf&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D75c12464bf%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GmMoraSt_JpSchrbMNikp\">here<\/a>\u00a0an oral history of his life and work that appeared on the\u00a0<em>Daily<\/em>\u00a0in 2017, when he won our lifetime achievement award, the Hadada.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we\u2019re unlocking his 2004 interview as well as his poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=94eb37924a&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D94eb37924a%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mO0TAvDIEjZp3H7hjj1ji\">On Tour<\/a>,\u201d his translation of Baudelaire\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=7e8a266c3d&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D7e8a266c3d%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0K4JOH-EtqoSRPsfX1Q6vI\">Parisian Dream<\/a>,\u201d and an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=3c950299ab&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D3c950299ab%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25FSC_zouSCh0asK2x2c37\">excerpt<\/a>\u00a0from his translation of Proust\u2019s\u00a0<em>In Search of Lost Time<\/em>, accompanied by a brief conversation with George Plimpton. As Craig Morgan Teicher, our digital director and a former student of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span>\u2019s,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=d8380cc6a7&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Dd8380cc6a7%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yd_-Oty1YjxCVJWzetoxa\">writes<\/a>, \u201cTo sit with him was to sit in the glorious eye of a thousand-year literary storm, to be guided through its currents, to be invited in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, poems, and translations, why not\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=968af68941&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D968af68941%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HGHX2K3OzT4hUBpgdinie\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>? You\u2019ll get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.<\/p>\n<p>INTERVIEW<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=a79c20e7d3&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Da79c20e7d3%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2fPtzJvwmjwe6uvAiRkcOb\">The Art of Poetry No. 86<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Richard\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">History and high culture were indeed my real home, and I found them right there in our house\u2014in the library which became, indeed, my precocious playroom. Reading was an interior exile, so that I didn\u2019t have to look away from home, as you put it, just further\u00a0<em>in<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\">From issue no. 138\u00a0(Spring 1996)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>POETRY<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=eb5f2e4234&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Deb5f2e4234%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_KRx9uVVtVTl3KvHQpdL2\">On Tour<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Richard\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is the movement that disturbs the line,<br \/>\nThickening the form,<br \/>\nTurning into warm<br \/>\nCompression what had once been cold and fine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\">From issue no. 13\u00a0(Summer 1956)<\/p>\n<p>POETRY<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=401bd1f51f&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D401bd1f51f%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vT5jQwR2a2CGTTwAFoMAI\">Parisian Dream<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Charles Baudelaire<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is a terrible terrain<br \/>\nno mortal eye has seen<br \/>\nwhose image still seduces me<br \/>\nthis morning as it fades \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sleep is full of miracles!<br \/>\nSome impulse in my dream<br \/>\nhad rid the region I devised<br \/>\nof every growing thing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">From issue no. 82\u00a0(Winter 1981)<\/p>\n<p>PROSE<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=4ad7d1e7ce&amp;e=d2c458ccfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D4ad7d1e7ce%26e%3Dd2c458ccfa&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649195699121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1dRYN_Gi-7GNEsgDhM1V3v\">From a new translation of Marcel Proust\u2019s\u00a0<em>In Search of Lost Time<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Richard\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Howard<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">PLIMPTON<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">How many versions of the first line of\u00a0<em>Swann\u2019s Way<\/em>\u00a0did you jot down before you decided what you wanted?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"il\">HOWARD<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oh, dozens. And people keep offering me more. Most of my correspondents are pleasant enough about their suggestions (though sometimes people are quite acerb: they assure me I am not qualified to undertake the task, and offer me the\u00a0<em>right<\/em> version). I remember one that began: \u201cRepeatedly I remained in bed \u2026 \u201d And I had a letter from one woman, a doctor, who admitted that she had never read Proust but who insisted she could tell from the French title that I didn\u2019t understand the book\u2019s subject. She had not read the book, but she knew \u2026 I must say\u00a0<em>I have<\/em>\u00a0given the matter a good deal of thought. I can\u2019t imagine a new solution that would surprise me. But I still get suggestions from the most varied sources. And of course that\u2019s fine. Perhaps everyone should translate Proust for himself\u2014that would be a good way of reading him, no?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\">From issue no. 111\u00a0(Summer 1989)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you enjoyed the above, don\u2019t forget to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=65a5d1b219&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D65a5d1b219%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645027625962000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0AKqjI6WBJ0RBS5B5CZhMf\">subscribe<\/a>! In addition to four print issues per year, you\u2019ll also receive complete digital access to our sixty-nine years\u2019 worth of archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the work of our friend and former poetry editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31006],"tags":[67827,22905,165,905,31384,2003],"class_list":["post-158316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-redux","tag-featured","tag-in-translation","tag-poetry","tag-proust","tag-redux","tag-richard-howard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Memoriam: Richard Howard by The Paris Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 5, 2022 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