Background
SCHEVILL, James was born on June 10, 1920 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Rudolph Schevill and Margaret Erwin Schevill.
Professor of English poet and playwright
SCHEVILL, James was born on June 10, 1920 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Rudolph Schevill and Margaret Erwin Schevill.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1942. Master of Arts (ad eundem), Brown University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1986.
Professor, of English 1968. Professor, of English, Brown University since 1968. President Rhode Island Playwrights’ Theatre 1984.
Company-Director, Director Creative Writing Program, Brown University 1972-1975. Director The; Professor, of English 90. Adaptor and translator (with A. Hall) of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo 1983.
Author: New and Selected Poems, 2000.
Board Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island since 1975.
Married Margot Helmuth Blum, August 2, 1966. Children (by previous marriage): Deborah, Susanna.