Rolf Fjelde Biography (1926-)
Addresses: Home: 261 Chatterton Parkway, White Plains, NY, 10606; Office: DeKalb Hall 3, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 11205; Agent: Samuel FrenchInc., 25 W. 45th Street, New York, NY, 10036.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- playwright, educator, poet
Famous Works
- Plays, Produced
- One Simple Flower, 1956; Port Harmony, 1957; Switzerland, 1967; The Rope Walk, 1968; Rafferty One by One, 1970; The Bernini Look, 1981.
- Books Published
- Washington, 1955; The Imaged Word, 1963; Ibsen: Four Major Plays, 1965-70; Ibsen: A Collection of Critical Essays, 1965; Ibsen: The Complete Major Prose Plays, 1978; Peer Gynt (Ibsen works, translations with interpretive introductions).
- Poetry, Articles, Short Stories, Review
- Hudson Review; Paris Review; Poetry; Voices; Epoch; Western Review; New Republic; New York Times Book Review; The Drama Review; Modern Drama; IbsenYearbook; Scandinavian Review; Columbia Forum.
- Theatre-Related Career
- Editor Yale Poetry Review, 1945-49; editor, Poetry New York, 1949-51; editor, Ibsen News and Comment, 1979-present; lecturer in Drama History, Julliard School, NY, 1973-83; professor of English and Drama, Pratt Institute, NY, 1954-present; guest lecturer on Drama at Harvard University, Yale University, the College of William and Mary, Cambridge College, Columbia University, New York University and the Universities of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, South Carolina, Missouri, Temple University, and PBS Television.