Saralyn Ruth Daly (May 11, 1924 – August 1, 2018) was an American writer and translator.
Saralyn R. Daly | |
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| Born | Saralyn Ruth Daly May 11, 1924 |
| Died | August 1, 2018 (aged 94) Tujunga, California, U.S. |
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| Awards | Harold Morton Landon Translation Award 1980 The Book of True Love |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Thesis | The Historye of the Patriarks (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Francis Utley |
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Early life and career
editSaralyn Ruth Daly was born on May 11, 1924, in Huntington, West Virginia. She earned a Ph.D from Ohio State University in English in 1950. The title of her doctoral dissertation was "The Historye of the Patriarks".[1] After graduation she joined the faculty at Midwestern State University (then Midwestern University) in the early 1950s.
Daly was a professor at California State University, Los Angeles from 1962 to 1988, and is now Professor Emerita.[2] During her tenure she received the outstanding professor award in the College of Arts and Letters at California State University, Los Angeles for the 1979–1980 academic year.[3] She was also a professor of Linguistics at Texas Tech University.[4]
Personal life and death
editDaly lived in Tujunga, California.[5] She died there from pneumonia and complications of leukemia, on August 1, 2018, at the age of 94.[6]
Awards
editWorks
editHer work appears in A Shout in the Street, Beyond Baroque, Bywords, Descant, Epos, Western Humanities Review.
Translations
edit- Juan Ruiz (1978). Anthony N. Zahareas (ed.). Book of True Love. translated Saralyn R. Daly. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-00523-2.
- In the Web (Fawcett Books, 1978)
- Love's Joy, Love's Pain (Ballantine Books, 1983)
Criticism
edit- "'A Worn Path' Retrod". Studies in Short Fiction. 1 (2): 133–39. Winter 1964.
- Katherine Mansfield. New York: Twayne Publishers. 1965. ISBN 0-8057-1372-7.
References
edit- ^ Daly, Saralyn Ruth. "OhioLINK ETD: Daly, Saralyn". Ohiolink.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "FAST NXT 4". Catalog.calstatela.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "College of Arts & letters | CSULA". Calstatela.edu. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ Sasser, Elizabeth Skidmore (1995). The world of spirits and ancestors in the art of western sub-Saharan Africa - Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser, Thomas Judson Sasser - Google Books. ISBN 9780896723467. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Saralyn R. Daly | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "In Memoriam". Cal State LA. Retrieved 9 October 2023.