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Poet, editor, translator, and critic Louis Simpson was born in Jamaica to Scottish and Russian parents.

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Simpson, Louis (Aston Marantz) 1923-

PERSONAL: Born March 27, 1923, in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies; United States citizen; son of Aston and Rosalind (Marantz) Simpson; married Jeanne Rogers, 1949 (divorced, 1954); married Dorothy Roochvarg, 1955 (divorced, 1979); married Miriam Butensky Bachner, 1985; children: (first marriage) Matthew; (second marriage) Anne, Anthony. Education:Columbia University, B.S., 1948, A.M., 1950, Ph.D., 1959.

ADDRESSES: Home—186 Old Field Rd., Setauket, New York, NY 11733-1636.

CAREER: Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Co., New York, NY, editor, 1950-55; Columbia University, New York, NY, instructor in English, 1953-59; New School for Social Research, instructor in English, 1955-59; University of California, Berkeley, 1959-67, began as assistant professor, became professor of English; State University of New York at Stony Brook, professor of English and comparative literature, 1967-91, distinguished professor, 1991-93, professor emeritus, 1993—. Has given poetry readings at colleges and poetry centers throughout the United States and Europe

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Louis Aston Marantz Simpson

American poet, critic, and educator Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (born 1923) was widely recognized for the elegance of his verse.

Louis Simpson was born on March 27, 1923, in Kingston, Jamaica, in the British West Indies, the son of Aston and Rosalind (Marantz) Simpson. In 1949 he married Jeanne Rogers, but was divorced in 1953. He married for the second time to Dorothy Roochvarg in 1955, but was divorced in 1979. The son of his first marriage is Matthew Simpson; the children of his second marriage are Anne Simpson and Anthony Simpson.

He came to the United States in 1940 and in World War II served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He was promoted to sergeant; was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster; was twice awarded the Purple Star; and, as a member of his unit, received a Presidential Citation. Educated after the war at Columbia University, New York City, he earned his B.S. degree in 1948, M.A. in 1950, and Ph.D. in 1959.

Upon completion of the M.A. degree in 1950. He served as editor with the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company in N

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Louis Simpson

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1923, Louis Aston Marantz Simpson was the son of Aston Simpson, a lawyer of Scottish descent, and a Russian mother, Rosalind (née Marantz), who worked in the Garment District in New York City before briefly embarking on a film career. Simpson attended boarding school in Jamaica, then immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen, where he studied at Columbia University, then served in the Second World War with the 101st Airborne Division on active duty in France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. After the war, he continued his studies at Columbia and the University of Paris.

While living in France, Simpson published his first book of poems, The Arrivistes: Poems 1940–1949 (The Fine Editions Press, 1949), for which the poet and critic Randall Jarrell wrote of Simpson, “He is a surprisingly live poet: as you read him you forget for a moment that we are the ancient.” Simpson’s second collection, Good News of Death and Other Poems, was published in 1955 by Charles Scribner’s Sons as part of Poets of Today, Vol.