HENRY MARTIN, translator
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Henry Martin was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, and received degrees in English literature from Bowdoin College and Romance Languages from New York University. He translateds contemporary Italian literature and contributed as a critic to a number of international art magazines, including Art News, for which he wrote as a regular correspondent from Italy. He authored many books: a lengthy essay on the work of Baruchello has been published by the museums of Mantua and Livorno; major monographs on Arman, Adami, and George Brecht have appeared, respectively with Abrams, Maeght, and Multhipla. The recipient of a Critic's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Martin married the artist Berty Skuber and they lived not far from Bolzano, in the mountains of southern Tyrol. Henry Martin died on September 22, 2022. Berty Skuber created the cover art for the books on this page. RAIN TAXI features an informative review of Henry Martin: An Active Ear in the online Spring issue: https://raintaxi.com/henry-martin-an-active-ear/ An exhibition at Ar/Ge Kunst in Bolzano, "Correspondences: About Henry Martin," was mounted between November 2022 and February 2023. An article by Lisa Andreani discusses both the exhibition and the life that inspired it in NERO magazine |
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