Background
Winston, Richard was born on July 21, 1917 in New York City. Son of Robert and Etta Winston.
Winston, Richard was born on July 21, 1917 in New York City. Son of Robert and Etta Winston.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1939.
Books include: Charlemagne: From the Hammer to the Cross, 1954. Thomas Becket, 1967; (with Clara Winston) Notre-Dame de Paris 1971, Daily Life in the Middle Ages, 1975. Translator: (with Clara Winston) The Demons (Heimito von Doderer), 1961, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (C.G. Jung), 1963, A Participant of Myself (Carl Zuckmayer), 1967, The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse), 1969, Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs (Albert Speer), 1970, The Letters of Thomas Mann, 1971, The Inward Turn of Narrative (Erich Kahler), 1973, Letters to Family, Friends and Editors (Franz Kafka), 1977, Winterspelt (Alfred Andersch), 1978, numerous others
Reviewer New York Herald Tribune Book Week, 1955-1963.
Adviser in field Trustee public funds Town of Halifax (Vermont), 1975-1979. Guggenheim fellow, 1971-1972.
Recipient Alexander Gode medal American Translators Association, 1966. Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Translate prize, 1971.
National Book award, 1978.
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, American.
Married Clara Brussel September 12, 1941. Children: Krishna, Justina.