Watson Kirkconnell Canadian Educator
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| First Name |
Watson
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| Last Name |
Kirkconnell
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| Birthday |
16th May, 1895
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| Birthplace |
Port Hope, Ontario
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| Died |
26th February, 1977
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| Place of Death |
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
Canadian
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| Occupation |
Educator
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Watson Kirkconnell, OC FRSC (16 May 1895 – 26 February 1977) was a Canadian scholar, university administrator and translator. He is well known in Iceland, Eastern and Central Europe and among Canadians of different origins for his translations of national poetry, particularly from Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian.
He collaborated with distinguished scholars and academics of his time in perfecting the translations, including literary critic Pavle Popović. One of his most remarkable translations is The Bards of Wales, a poem of Hungarian poet János Arany.
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