Roy Temple House (1878-1963) in 1948. Courtesy World Literature Today.
Roy Temple House (1878-1963) was an American poet and academic.[1]
Life[]
House was born in Nebraska. He earned degrees from Miami University, the University of Michigan, and Montpelier University in France. In 1917 he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.[1]
He became head of the modern language department at Southwestern State Normal School in 1905. In 1911, he joined the University of Oklahoma (U of O), and became chair of its modern languages department in 1918.[1] He served as department head until his retirement in 1942.[2]
During World War I he served on the Commission for Relief in Belgium.[1]
In 1927 he founded the quarterly, Books Abroad, at U of O.[1] The publication soon attained an international reputation, being cited in 1929 by the League of Nations for its "contribution to the exchange of thought throughout the Western world." It continues to publish, under the title World Literature Today.[2]
Recognition[]
House received Belgium's Medaille du Roj Albert and Medaille du Comite National, and was named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour, for his relief work in World War I.[1]
He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1948.[1] In the same year he was nominated by the South Central Modern Language Association for the Nobel Peace Prize.[2]
Publications[]
Non-fiction[]
- "Goethe and the Chemists". New York: Science Press, 1913.
Translated[]
- Gerhart Hauptman, The Reconciliation. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1910.
- Gerhart Hauptman, The Reconciliation & Colleague Crampton; in The Dramatic Works, Volume III: Domestic dramas. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1914.
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Cristina's Journey Home: A comedy in three acts. Boston: R.G. Badger, 1916.
- L'Ordene de Chevalerie: An old French poem (translated & edited). Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1919.
- Felix Faure, Christ in the Great Forest (translated with Jewel Huelster Schwab). New York: Friendship Press, 1936.
Edited[]
- Books Abroad (literary magazine). Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1927-1949.
- Helles und Dunkles: An intermediate German reader (short stories; edited with Johannes Malthaner). Boston: Ginn, 1948.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Roy Temple House, Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Web, July 1, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daniel Simon, Editor's Note, World Literature Today, May 2015. Web, July 1, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Roy Temple House, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 1, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "To a Dead Mouse in a Trap" in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922
- Prose
- "Challenge to Democracy" in Virginia Quarterly Review (review of Revolt of the Masses)
- About
- Roy Temple House at Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
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