Fowlie, Wallace, 1908-1998

Teacher, writer, critic, and translator at Duke University in Durham, N.C.

From the description of Wallace Fowlie papers, 1939-1996 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38237517

• 1908, Nov. 8: Wallace Fowlie born in Brookline, Massachussetts
• 1936: Received Doctorate from Harvard University
• 1943: Publication of Clowns and Angels: Studies in French Literature
• 1946: Rimbaud, the Myth of Childhood published
• 1951: Pantomime: A Journal of Rehearsals published
• 1953: Publication of Rimbaud's Illuminations
• 1964: Fowlie appointed to faculty at Duke University
• 1965: Publication of André Gide: His Life and Art
• 1966: Publication of Rimbaud (Complete Works) and Jean Cocteau: The History of a Poet's Age
• 1951: Duke Press published A Journal of Rehearsals, a revision and updating of the earlier 1951 autobiography, Pantomime: A Journal of Rehearsals
• 1983: Aubade: A Teacher's Notebook published
• 1984 - 1985 : Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at nine universities and colleges
• 1987: Sites: A Third Memoir published
• 1990: Memory: A Fourth Memoir published
• 1990: Worked as consultant on Oliver Stone's film The Doors
• 1994: Publication of Rimbaud and Jim Morrison: The Rebel as Poet
• 1998, August 16: Died in Durham, North Carolina

From the guide to the Wallace Fowlie Papers, 1939-1996 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)