1. Jonathan Galassi attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he became interested in poetry, writing and literature.
11 Facts About Jonathan Galassi
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Jonathan Galassi attended Harvard College, where he studied English with instructors including Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, and served as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon and the president of the Harvard Advocate.
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Jonathan Galassi graduated in 1971, then became a Marshall Scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge.
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Jonathan Galassi realized while attending Christ's College that he wanted a career in book publishing.
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Jonathan Galassi began his publishing career as an editorial intern at Houghton Mifflin in Boston in 1973.
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Jonathan Galassi was succeeded as Publisher by Mitzi Angel in 2018, and Angel was named President in 2021.
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Jonathan Galassi is a translator of poetry and a poet himself.
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Jonathan Galassi has translated and published the poetic works of the Italian poets Giacomo Leopardi and Eugenio Montale.
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Jonathan Galassi has published poems in literary journals and magazines including Threepenny Review, The New Yorker, The Nation and the Poetry Foundation website.
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Jonathan Galassi is a trustee at his alma mater Exeter.
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Jonathan Galassi was married to Susan Grace, with whom he has two daughters.