Jon Swan was an American poet, playwright, librettist, journalist, and editor. He studied at Oberlin College, from which he graduated with a degree in English in 1950. In the 1950s, he taught at the Ecole d'Humanite in Switzerland, worked for the American Friends Service Committee, and received a master's degree in English from Boston University. From 1956 to 1960, he was a fact checker and poetry reader at The New Yorker. In 1962, he and Marianne Hamaker were married in Haarlem, the Netherlands. During the 1970s, he worked as a translator, from Dutch and German, and was senior editor at Saturday Review and, later, senior editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. After retiring in 1994, he worked as an editor in Beijing and Kathmandu. As a free-lance journalist, he has written about environmental issues in the U.S. and Iceland. He was awarded a Rockefeller Grant for playwriting in 1968 and a Guggenheim Fellowship for filmwriting in 1981.[1]
Swan has published three collections of poems -- Journeys and Return, A Door to the Forest, and Landscape & Language—and a collection of one-act plays. Among the plays produced are Three Cheers for What's-its-Name (1968), Fireworks (1969),[2]Man In Space (1969), an adaptation of Aesop's Fables (1972), and Mostly Wolfgang (1991).[3] In collaboration with Ulu Grosbard, Swan translated Peter Weiss's Die Ermittlung (The Investigation) into English for the work's premiere on Broadway in 1966[4] and translated Heinrich von Kleist's Der Zerbrochne Krug (The Broken Pitcher) for its New York premiere in 1981.[5] He is also the author of the libretto of William Russo's chamber operaThe Shepherds' Christmas (1988).[6] In collaboration with Carl Weber, he completed a translation of Peter Weiss's play Hölderlin, published in 2010.
Swan is survived by his wife, Marianne, three daughters, and two grandchildren.
References
^Jon Swan at John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.org 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
^Barnes, Clive (June 12, 1969). "Theater: 'Fireworks' Offers 3 Views of American Way of Life; Jon Swan's Triple Bill Views the Press 'Football' Used to Draw Analogy With War". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^"The Letters of Mozart As the Theme for a Play". The New York Times. December 17, 1991. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^Gent, George (August 10, 1966). "Weiss Play on Auschtwitz Trial Listed by N.B.C.-TV for 1967". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^BGussow, Mel (October 8, 1981). "STAGE: KLEIST'S 'THE BROKEN PITCHER'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^Crutchfield, Will (December 16, 1988). "Review/Opera; Medieval 'Shepherds' Christmas'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
swan, american, poet, playwright, librettist, journalist, editor, studied, oberlin, college, from, which, graduated, with, degree, english, 1950, 1950s, taught, ecole, humanite, switzerland, worked, american, friends, service, committee, received, master, degr. Jon Swan was an American poet playwright librettist journalist and editor He studied at Oberlin College from which he graduated with a degree in English in 1950 In the 1950s he taught at the Ecole d Humanite in Switzerland worked for the American Friends Service Committee and received a master s degree in English from Boston University From 1956 to 1960 he was a fact checker and poetry reader at The New Yorker In 1962 he and Marianne Hamaker were married in Haarlem the Netherlands During the 1970s he worked as a translator from Dutch and German and was senior editor at Saturday Review and later senior editor of the Columbia Journalism Review After retiring in 1994 he worked as an editor in Beijing and Kathmandu As a free lance journalist he has written about environmental issues in the U S and Iceland He was awarded a Rockefeller Grant for playwriting in 1968 and a Guggenheim Fellowship for filmwriting in 1981 1 Jon SwanBornJon Christopher Swan 1929 06 10 June 10 1929Sioux City Iowa U S DiedSeptember 28 2022 2022 09 28 aged 93 Yarmouth Maine U S Alma materOberlin College B A Boston University M A Occupation s Poet playwright journalistSpouseMarianne Swan m 1962 Websitejonswanpoems wbr comSwan has published three collections of poems Journeys and Return A Door to the Forest and Landscape amp Language and a collection of one act plays Among the plays produced are Three Cheers for What s its Name 1968 Fireworks 1969 2 Man In Space 1969 an adaptation of Aesop s Fables 1972 and Mostly Wolfgang 1991 3 In collaboration with Ulu Grosbard Swan translated Peter Weiss s Die Ermittlung The Investigation into English for the work s premiere on Broadway in 1966 4 and translated Heinrich von Kleist s Der Zerbrochne Krug The Broken Pitcher for its New York premiere in 1981 5 He is also the author of the libretto of William Russo s chamber opera The Shepherds Christmas 1988 6 In collaboration with Carl Weber he completed a translation of Peter Weiss s play Holderlin published in 2010 Swan is survived by his wife Marianne three daughters and two grandchildren References Edit Jon Swan at John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation org Archived 2011 06 03 at the Wayback Machine Barnes Clive June 12 1969 Theater Fireworks Offers 3 Views of American Way of Life Jon Swan s Triple Bill Views the Press Football Used to Draw Analogy With War The New York Times Retrieved April 7 2009 The Letters of Mozart As the Theme for a Play The New York Times December 17 1991 Retrieved April 7 2009 Gent George August 10 1966 Weiss Play on Auschtwitz Trial Listed by N B C TV for 1967 The New York Times Retrieved April 7 2009 BGussow Mel October 8 1981 STAGE KLEIST S THE BROKEN PITCHER The New York Times Retrieved April 7 2009 Crutchfield Will December 16 1988 Review Opera Medieval Shepherds Christmas The New York Times Retrieved April 7 2009 External links EditJon Swan at the Internet Broadway Database Jon Swan at the Internet Off Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jon Swan amp oldid 1113696019, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
