Smith, William Jay

Born in Winnfield, Louisiana . He studied at the University of Washington and Columbia , was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford . From 1968 to 1970 he served as a poetry consultant at the Library of Congress . Member of the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Literature since 1975 . The author of ten collections of poems, two of which were nominated for a national award. For poetry translations received awards from the French and Swedish academies and the Hungarian government. Translated Russian poetry. In 1981, he taught at the Moscow State University at the Faculty of Journalism. He lived in France and the USA , a former professor of English.

During the war ( 1941 - 1945 ) he served in the U.S. Navy .

• “What train will come”

Fav. poems / William Jay Smith; [After Yu. Zdorova] 175 with portr. 17 see M. Rainbow 1982

• “If I had once been given an elephant ...”

Poems [for preschool children. and ml. school age] / William Jay Smith; Per. from English I. Fonyakov; [Art. S. Kalachev] [20] p. col. silt 28 cm. Novosibirsk Prince. publishing house 1989

Children's poems

• The poem "Tiger" with illustration
• Children's poems by William Smith from the book “Hour of Fun” - “Little Raccoon”, Crocodile Laughter ”,“ Floor and Ceiling ”,“ Fun Hour ”(translated by B. Zakhoder)
• The poem by William Smith “Dogs” (Translated from English by Ilya Fonyakov)
• William Smith Zebras (translated by Lipatova Elena)
• The Flight of the One-Eyed Bat, William Smith (translated by Lipatova Elena)

Poems and Essays

• The Immovable Focus. Poems and essays by William Smith. Translation from English G. Kruzhkova
• “If I Had a Boat ...” Translation by B. Khlebnikov

Articles and interviews

• William Jay Smith: "Writing like a talented child." Interview. "Foreign Literature" 2002, No. 10
• William Jay Smith about Andrew Ascension. The magazine "America".
• "American poet in St. Petersburg." Essay by Alla Plotnikova. 2002 year