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Daryl Hine (born February 24, 1936, died August 20, 2012) was a talented Canadian poet and translator. He was recognized with a special award called the MacArthur Fellowship in 1986. Daryl Hine also led a famous magazine called Poetry as its editor from 1968 to 1978.

He studied at McGill University and later traveled to Europe to continue his studies. He earned a special degree (a PhD) from the University of Chicago in 1967, focusing on how different literatures compare. During his career, he also taught at several universities, including the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.

About Daryl Hine

Daryl Hine was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, in 1936 and grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia. He was adopted by Robert Fraser and Elsie James Hine. He went to McGill University in Montreal from 1954 to 1958. His very first small book of poems, The Carnal and the Crane, came out in 1957.

After university, Hine traveled to Europe using a special scholarship from the Canada Council. He lived there for three years. In 1962, he moved to New York, and then to Chicago in 1963. He earned his advanced degree (PhD) from the University of Chicago in 1967.

During the next few decades, he taught at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. At the same time, he worked as an editor for Poetry magazine from 1968 to 1978. He received the MacArthur Fellowship award in 1986.

Daryl Hine's writings were featured in many well-known publications. These included the New York Review of Books, Harper's, and The New Yorker.

After his partner, Samuel Todes, passed away, Daryl Hine lived a quieter life in Evanston, Illinois. He died on August 20, 2012, at the age of 76, due to problems with a blood disorder.

Awards and Recognition

Daryl Hine received several important awards for his work:

• 2005: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
• 1986: MacArthur Foundation Fellow
• 1980: Guggenheim Fellowship

Published Works

Daryl Hine wrote many different kinds of works, including poetry, plays, and translations.

Poetry Collections

• The Carnal and the Crane (1957)
• The Devil's Picturebook (1960)
• Heroics (1966)
• Minutes (1968)
• The Homeric Hymns (1972)
• Resident Alien (1975)
• In & Out (privately printed, 1975; later published in 1989)
• Selected Poems (Atheneum, 1981)
• Academic Festival Overtures (Knopf (New York, NY), 1991)
• Hotels de Luxe: A Sequence (1998)
• Porthole (2001)
• A Shrovetide Play (2002)
• The Essential Daryl Hine (2007)

Plays

• A Mutual Flame (a radio play for BBC, 1961)
• The Death of Seneca (produced in Chicago, 1968)
• Alcestis (a radio play for BBC, 1972)

Translations

• Theocritus: Idylls and Epigrams (Atheneum, 1982) - He also wrote commentary for this translation.