Jean Hollander is a poet, teacher, and director of the Writers'
Conference at the College of New Jersey.
Robert Hollander, her husband, has been teaching Dante's Divine
Comedy to Princeton students for forty years, and is the author of
a dozen books and more than seventy articles on Dante, Boccaccio,
and other Italian authors. He has received many awards, including
the gold medal of the city of Florence, in recognition of his work
on Dante.
They are at work on their translation of Paradiso, the conclusion
of the Divine Comedy.
”The Hollanders have rendered both the supple lyricism and the rich
imagery of the Purgatorio with an admirably informed expertise. . .
. A model for all translators.” The Literary Review
“The Hollanders’ translation . . . seems the most accessible and
the closest to the Italian. . . . The provision of informative
notes . . . is impeccable . . . with ample commentary easily and
unobturisvely available at the end of each canto.” --Tim Parks, The
New Yorker
“The Hollanders’ translation is probably the most finely
accomplished and may well prove the most enduring.” --R.W. B.
Lewis, Los Angeles Times
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