Edmund LeRoy Keeley

Background

Keeley, Edmund LeRoy was born on February 5, 1928 in Damascus, Syria. Son of James Hugh and Mathilde (Vossler) Keeley. came to the United States, 1939.

Education

Bachelor, Princeton University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Athens University, 1994.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Richard Stockton College, New Jersey, 2006.

Career

Fulbright teacher English, American Farm School, Salonika, Greece, 1949-1950; Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1950-1951; instructor English, Brown U., 1952-1953; Fulbright lecturer, Salonika U., 1953-1954; instructor English, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1954-1957; assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1957-1963; associate professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1963-1970; Professor of English and creative writing, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1970-1992; Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1992-1994; Straut professor emeritus, since 1994; professor creative writing and English emeritus, Princeton (New Jersey) U., since 1994; co-chairman program in comparative literature, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1964-1965; director creative arts program, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1966-1971; director program creative writing and theatre, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1971-1973; director creative writing program, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1974-1981; member Hellenic studies committee, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1979-1994; chairman, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1985-1994; director Hellenic studies program, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1985-1994. Lecturer department Byzantine and Modern Greek Oxford (England) University, 1960. Visiting lecturer Writers Workshop, U. Iowa, 1962-1963, University of the Aegean, 1988.

Visiting professor New School Social Research, 1980, School Arts Columbia University, 1981. Writer-in-residence Knox College, spring 1963. Fulbright lecturer Athens U., 1985, U. Thessaloniki, 1986.

Visiting research fellow U. Crete, Rethymnon,1986. Fulbright research fellow Athens U., 1987. Senior associate member St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1996.

Visiting professor, King's College, London U., 1996.

Achievements

• Edmund LeRoy Keeley has been listed as a notable studies educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • An Albanian Journal (Terra Incognita Series)

    ( A journey of discovery by a group of American writers t...)

  • Yannis Ritsos: Repetitions, Testimonies, Parentheses

    ( The celebrated modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos follows ...)

  • Six Poets of Modern Greece. Chosen, Translated and Introduced by E Keeley.

    (Greek Studies, Literary Studies, Poetry)

  • George Seferis; Collected Poems, 1924-1955: Bilingual Edition
  • An Albanian Journal: The Road to Elbasan (By: Edmund Keeley) published: July, 2002
  • Gold hatted lover 1st edition

Membership

Scholarship fund committee American Farm School, Salonika, Greece, 1955-1960, trustee, 1978—2009, honorary trustee, since 2009. Chairman McCarter Theatre Committee, 1969, trustee, 1983-1986. National board Translation Center, Columbia, 1975-1977, governing board, 1977-1994.

Translation jury National Book Awards, 1977. Board directors international program Aegean University, 1989-1990. Trustee International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Foundation, 2000-2006, College Year in Athens 2001-2010.

Member Gennadius Library. Board Trustees, 1995—2010, emeritus member, since 2010. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.

With United States Air Force, 1953-1956. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Authors Guild, Society Fellows American Academy Rome (executive committee 1975-1977, 83-87), American Literature Translators Association (executive board since 1983), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (American Center membership committee 1978-1983, program committee 1979-1982, executive board 1980-1996, delegate international congress 1987, 91-93, 95-2000, vice president 1989-1991, president 1991-1993, board trustees 1996-2001, advisory council, since 2007), Modern Greek Studies Association (president 1969-1973, 80-82, executive board 1995-1998), Poetry Society of America (vice president 1977-1978, 81-83), Academy Athens (correspondent), Hellenic Authors' Society (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Mary Stathatos-Kyris, March 18, 1951.