John DuVal

Who is John DuVal?

John Tabb DuVal is an award-winning translator of Old French, Modern French, Italian, Romanesco, and Italian and has been a professor of English and Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas since 1982. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1940, to Thaddeus Ernest DuVal and Helene Dupont Cau, DuVal grew up in Jenkintown, a suburb of Philadelphia. He holds an A.B. in English from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master's in French, a Master of Fine Arts in Translation, and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas. Until 2008 DuVal directed the University's acclaimed Program in Literary Translation. Known for his numerous entertaining keynote addresses on translation, he is also the author of thirteen books of translation, and his original poems and articles on translation have been published and republished widely. DuVal's teaching areas of expertise include Translation Theory and Practice; Creative Writing; Comparative Literature; World Sonnet; Dante; Medieval Literature; and Epic Poetry.