Babette Deutsch

Babette German (born 22 September 1895 in New York; † November 13, 1982 ibid ) was an American writer, translator and literary critic.

Babette German attended the Barnard College at Columbia University, where he received a BA in 1917. Two years later she published her first book of poems banner. In 1921 she married Avrahm Yarmolinsky ( 1890-1975 ), with whom she had two sons. Together with her husband translated German, among other works of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin from the Russian. They also translated Rainer Maria Rilke into English. From 1944 to 1971 she taught at Columbia University; where she received an honorary doctorate in 1944.

German literary work is far-reaching. In her poems she often dealt with social problems, their novels range from the autobiographical Brittle Heaven to Mask of Silenus, which is based on the life of Socrates. She also wrote children's books and literary critical essays.